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Informationen zum Autor Esposito, John L. Klappentext Modernizing Islam speaks to the significance, origins, influences, and implications of Islam’s changes, and thus to the various ways in which this religion is becoming a truly global force, shaping such realms as law, politics, education, and ethics, among many others. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments , , viii , , The Contributors , , ix , , Introduction: Modernizing Islam and Re-Islamization in Global Perspective , , 1 , (2) , , John L. Esposito , , , The challenge of political Islam , , , 3 , (1) , , Issues and trends in global re-Islamization , , , 3 , (3) , , Re-Islamization in the public sphere , , , 6 , (5) , , Re-Islamization in Europe , , , 11 , (6) , , Conclusion , , , Part I. ISSUES AND TRENDS IN GLOBAL RE-ISLAMIZATION , , , Veils and Obscuring Lenses , , , 17 , (26) , , Francois Burgat , , , Islam and Reason , , , 18 , (3) , , The Islamic reference between popular perceptions and state strategies , , , 21 , (11) , , France's ``Muslim policy'' , , , 32 , (2) , , The Khelkhal syndrome , , , 34 , (3) , , France's Muslim policy defying universality , , , 37 , (2) , , Islam soluble in employment? , , , 39 , (4) , , The Modernizing Force of Islamism , , , 43 , (26) , , Bjorn Olav Utvik , , , The Middle East in the throes of change , , , 44 , (1) , , Obscurantists with cellular phones? , , , 45 , (5) , , Kindred spirit: Falwell or Cromwell? , , , 50 , (4) , , Economic development as a divinely imposed duty , , , 54 , (2) , , ``Renewal of self''---not Westernization , , , 56 , (1) , , Loyal to God only---the individualizing aspect of Islamism , , , 57 , (4) , , Politics for the many , , , 61 , (3) , , A modernizing force , , , 64 , (5) , , Islam and Civil Society , , , 69 , (34) , , John L. Esposito , , , Islam, democracy and civil society , , , 70 , (1) , , Contemporary Muslim politics , , , 71 , (1) , , Islam and the modern state , , , 71 , (1) , , The challenge of Islamic revivalism , , , 72 , (2) , , Democracy and civil society in the Muslim world , , , 74 , (1) , , The quiet revolution: Islam and civil society , , , 75 , (2) , , Political participation and civil society , , , 77 , (10) , , Government responses to civil society in the post-Gulf War period , , , 87 , (1) , , Threat or challenge to civil society? , , , 88 , (1) , , A triple threat? , , , 89 , (1) , , The diversity of Muslim politics , , , 90 , (1) , , Civil society, democratization, and foreign policy , , , 91 , (3) , , Islam and pluralism , , , 94 , (2) , , The empowerment of Muslim women , , , 96 , (7) , Part II. RE-ISLAMIZATION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE , , , Islam and the Common Mortal , , , 103 , (22) , , Fariba Adelkhah , , , Mohammad Khatami's election victory: break or continuity? , , , 104 , (6) , , Funeral practices and the forming of a public space , , , 110 , (8) , , Funeral practices and the creation of a political forum , , , 118 , (7) , , A Return to the Shariah? Egyptian Judges and Referring to Islam , , , 125 , (20) , , Baudouin Dupret , , , The reference to Islam in law and in judicial practice , , , 126 , (5) , , Perspectives on Islam in law , , , 131 , (5) , , The judge, the state, and the Shariah , , , 136 , (9) , , Women's Islamic Activism: Between Self-Practices and Social Reform Efforts , , , 145 , (22) , , Connie Carøe Christiansen , , , Angles of approach , , , 146 , (4) , , Edifying Islamism , , , 150 , (1) , , The dynamics of education , , , 151 , (1) , , Technologies of self , , , 152 , (1) , , Self-practices and social reform , , , 153 , (3) , , A change of general conduct , , , 156 , (3) , , Two categories of activism , , , 159 , (3) , , Everyday...
