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Makers of Contemporary Islam

John Esposito author John Voll author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:24th May '01

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This book examines the development of contemporary Islamic movements and thought through the biographies of nine major activist intellectuals whose work povides the core of what the Islamic resurgence became in the 1990s, and is an important foundation for what it can become in the 21st century. By profiling nine such internationally recognised figures this volume provides a new understanding of the intellectual foundations of contemporary Islamic awareness and politics. The nine figures covered are: Ismail al-Faruqi, Khurshid Ahmad, Maryam Jameelah, Hasan Hanafi, Rashid Ghannoushi, Hasan al-Turabi, Abdol Karim Soroush, Anwar Ibrahim, and Abdurrahman Wahid. These nine have contributed to some of the most significant intellectual and activist developments in the Muslim world during the 1980s and 1990s - the period during which Islamic movements became a major force in Muslim societies and international affairs. They represent a distinctive phase in the evolution of Islamic thinking: the ongoing effort to create an effective synthesis of modernity and Islamic tradition.

... this book offers an excellent collection of fresh and thought-provoking contributions to the Islamist debate. * Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society *

ISBN: 9780195141283

Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm

Weight: 376g

272 pages