Ashraf Ali Thanawi - Islam in Modern South Asia

Informationen zum Autor Muhammad Qasim Zaman is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion, Princeton University. He is the author of Schooling Islam: Modern Muslim Education. Klappentext Ashraf `Ali Thanawi (1863-1943) was one of the most prominent religious scholars in Islamic history. Author of over a thousand books on different aspects of Islam, his work sought to defend the Islamic scholarly tradition and to articulate its authority in an age of momentous religious and political change. In this authoritative biography, Muhammad Qasim Zaman offers a comprehensive and highly accessible account of Thanawi¿s multifaceted career and thought, whilst also providing a valuable introduction to Islam in modern South Asia. Zusammenfassung This authoritative biography offers a comprehensive and highly accessible account of one of the most prominent and prolific religious scholars in Islamic history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Other Conventions INTRODUCTION Contestation in the religious sphere Contrasting trajectories 1 LIFE The intellectual milieu of Deoband A madrasa career A spiritual crisis? At the Sufi lodge The Khanaqah’s scholars Overlapping communities 2 MUSLIM NATIONHOOD Indian politics in the early twentieth century Thanawi and the Khilafat Movement Muslim separatism in India The prophet and the king 3 COLONIAL LAW Apostasy in British India The Consummate Stratagem The fight against custom Conflicting authorities 4 SUFISM IN A TIME OF CHANGE The Sufi and the jurist The rhetoric of reconciliation Ambiguity and flexibility Training the wayfarer A shared language 5 THE AMBIGUITIES OF A LEGACY Sufism Law Politics Thanawi and the Deobandi scholarly tradition Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Zaman Muhammad Qasim
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2007
• EAN: 9781851684151
• ISBN: 978-1-85168-415-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Makers of the Muslim World; Makers of the Muslim World; Oneworld Academic
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Islam, 20th Century, RELIGION / Islam / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Theology, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Biography: religious & spiritual, Biography: religious and spiritual, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent)