| Description |
xi, 351 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-340) and index. |
| Contents |
List of contributors -- Introduction : the times they are a-changin' : a Muslim quest for justice, gender equality and pluralism / Omid Safi -- pt. 1. Progressive Muslims and contemporary Islam -- 1. The ugly modern and the modern ugly : reclaiming the beautiful in Islam / Khaled Abou El Fadl -- 2. In search of progressive Islam beyond 9/11 / Farid Esack -- 3. Islam : a civilizational project in progress / Ahmet Karamustafa -- 4. The debts and burdens of critical Islam / Ebrahim Moosa -- 5. On being a scholar of Islam : risks and responsibilities / Tazim R. Kasam -- pt. 2. Progressive Muslims and gender justice -- 6. Transforming feminism : Islam, women and gender justice / Saʻdiyya Shaikh -- 7. Progressive Muslims and Islamic jurisprudence : the necessity for critical engagement with marriage and divorce law / Kecia Ali -- 8. Sexuality, diversity and ethics in the agenda of progressive Muslims / Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle -- 9. Are we up to the challenge? The need for a radical re-ordering of the Islamic discourse on women / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons -- pt. 3. Progressive Muslims and pluralism -- 10. Muslims, pluralism, and interfaith dialogue / Amir Hussain -- 11. American Muslim identity : race and ethnicity in progressive Islam / Amina Wadud -- 12. Islamic democracy and pluralism / Ahmad S. Moussalli -- 13. How to put the genie back in the bottle? "Identity" Islam and Muslim youth cultures in America / Marcia Hermansen -- 14. What is the victory of Islam? Towards a different understanding of the Ummah and political success in the contemporary world / Farish A. Noor -- Further reading -- Index. |
| Subject |
Islam.
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Islam -- Relations.
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| Added Author |
Safi, Omid, 1970-
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| ISBN |
185168316X paperback |
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