Islamic Reform in South Asia

Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Religion & Spirituality
Cover of the book Islamic Reform in South Asia by , Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781316099889
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: May 16, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781316099889
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: May 16, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
The articles in this volume build up ethnographic analysis complementary to the historiography of South Asian Islam, which has explored the emergence of reformism in the context of specific political and religious circumstances of nineteenth-century British India. Taking up diverse popular and scholarly debates as well as everyday religious practices, this volume also breaks away from the dominant trend of mainstream ethnographic work, which celebrates Sufi-inspired forms of Islam as tolerant, plural, authentic and so on, pitted against a 'reformist' Islam. Urging a more nuanced examination of all forms of reformism and their reception in practice, the contributions here powerfully demonstrate the historical and geographical specificities of reform projects. In doing so, they challenge prevailing perspectives in which substantially different traditions of reform are lumped together into one reified category (often carelessly shorthanded as 'wah'habism') and branded as extremist – if not altogether demonised as terrorist.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
The articles in this volume build up ethnographic analysis complementary to the historiography of South Asian Islam, which has explored the emergence of reformism in the context of specific political and religious circumstances of nineteenth-century British India. Taking up diverse popular and scholarly debates as well as everyday religious practices, this volume also breaks away from the dominant trend of mainstream ethnographic work, which celebrates Sufi-inspired forms of Islam as tolerant, plural, authentic and so on, pitted against a 'reformist' Islam. Urging a more nuanced examination of all forms of reformism and their reception in practice, the contributions here powerfully demonstrate the historical and geographical specificities of reform projects. In doing so, they challenge prevailing perspectives in which substantially different traditions of reform are lumped together into one reified category (often carelessly shorthanded as 'wah'habism') and branded as extremist – if not altogether demonised as terrorist.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Commutative Ring Theory by
Cover of the book Affectionate Communication in Close Relationships by
Cover of the book Selling Shakespeare by
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill by
Cover of the book Surgical Critical Care Vivas by
Cover of the book Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion by
Cover of the book Applied Multilevel Analysis by
Cover of the book The Imperial Security State by
Cover of the book High-pT Physics in the Heavy Ion Era by
Cover of the book An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy by
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner by
Cover of the book Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey by
Cover of the book Principles of IVF Laboratory Practice by
Cover of the book Unravelling Starlight by
Cover of the book Differential Topology by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy