Islamic fundamentalism and modernity
Islam is a burning topic in modern scholarship and contemporary world affairs. It is a subject poorly understood by Western observers, and in this book Professor Montgomery Watt takes a significant step towards its demystification. Montgomery Watt examines the crucial questions of traditional world-...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Routledge
2013
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| Series: | Routledge library editions: politics of Islam
volume 8 |
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Table of Contents:
- The traditional self-image of Islam
- The religious institution and its decline
- The beginnings of Islamic resurgence
- The liberal search for a new identity
- The self-image and contemporary problems
- The Iranian experience
- Epilogue