RT Book
T1 Modern Islamic Authority and Social Change, Volume 2: Evolving Debates in the West
A1 Bano, Masooda
A2 Bano, Masooda
A2 Razavian, Christopher Pooya
A2 Spannaus, Nathan
LA English
PP Edinburgh
PB Edinburgh University Press
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1798072475
AB A comparative analysis of key Islamic authority platforms and their debatesAt the turn of the twenty-first century, scholarship and policy debate on Islam and Muslim societies has come to focus primarily on Islam’s ability to make young Muslims gravitate towards anti-modernity movements. Many attribute Islamic militancy, as well as the general socio-economic and political stagnation experienced in some Muslim societies, to Islamic theological or legal dictates. Yet Islamic scholarly tradition is highly pluralistic, and today’s leading Islamic authority structures are developing competing conceptual and methodological approaches which vary greatly in their ability to engage with societal change.This volume covers the new Islamic authority centres emerging in the West. It makes a major contribution to refining our understanding of the plurality of Islamic tradition in contemporary times, helping to counter the dominant narrative of an inevitable clash of civilisations. It presents evidence of great creative energy within many Islamic scholarly platforms (old as well as new); an energy which aims to provide dynamic answers to modern day challenges from within the Islamic legal and theological tradition.Case StudiesThis volume presents case studies of six new Islamic scholarly platforms in the West that are proving particularly effective in attracting young Muslims:Zaytuna CollegeThe Neo-Traditionalism of Tim WinterThe International Institute of Islamic ThoughtTariq Ramadan and the Center for Islamic Legislation and EthicsYasir Qadhi and ‘Reasonable Salafism’New Deobandi Institutions in the West
CN BP165.7
SN 9781474433280
K1 Authority : Religious aspects : Islam
K1 Islam and civil society : Western countries
K1 Islam and culture : Western countries
K1 Islam : Doctrines
K1 Islam : 21st century
K1 Islamic sociology
K1 Muslim scholars : Western countries
K1 Taqlīd
K1 Islamic Studies
K1 HISTORY / Middle East / General
DO 10.1515/9781474433280