Innovation in Islam : traditions and contributions / edited by Mehran Kamrava.

Other author Kamrava, Mehran, 1964-
Other author Georgetown University. Center for International and Regional Studies.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Contextualizing: innovation in Islam / Mehran Kamrava -- Knowledge and hermeneutics in Islam today: which reform? / Tariq Ramadan -- Deconstructing episteme(s) / Mohammed Arkoun -- Iranian Shi'ism at the gates of historic change / Mehran Kamrava -- History from below, dictionary from below / Nelly Hanna -- The translation of the Qur'an: an impossible task, the classical linguistic-theological roots of the debate / Nasr Abu-Zayd -- Toward a new understanding of renewal in Islam / Adonis -- Creation, originality, and innovation in Sufi poetry / Patrick Laude -- Innovation in the visual arts of Islam / Walter B. Denny -- Liberal/progressive, modern, and modernized Islam: Muslim Americans and the American state -- Sherman A. Jackson -- Hijab and choice: between politics and theology / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- Modern movements in Islam / John O. Voll.
General note"Published in collaboration with the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar"--P. facing t.p.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formAufsatzsammlung.
LCCN 2010039651
ISBN9780520266940 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520266943 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520266957 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0520266951 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BP60 .I56 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold