Islamic political thought : an introduction

407 Pages·2015·2.75 MB·English

by  Böwering

Islamic Political Thought
Islamic Political Thought
AN INTRODUCTION
Gerhard Bowering, Editor
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Gerhard Bowering, editor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-691-16482-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Political science—Islamic countries. 2. Political
science—Philosophy. 3. Islam and state. 4. Islam and politics. I. Böwering, Gerhard, 1939–
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Contents
Introduction
Gerhard Bowering 1
Authority
Roy Jackson 25
Caliphate
Wadad Kadi and Aram A. Shahin 37
Fundamentalism
Roxanne Euben 48
Government
Emad El-Din Shahin 68
Jihad
John Kelsay 86
Knowledge
Paul L. Heck 105
Minorities
Yohanan Friedmann 123
Modernity
Armando Salvatore 135
Muhammad
Gerhard Bowering 152
Pluralism and Tolerance
Gudrun Krämer 169
Qur’an
Gerhard Bowering 185
Revival and Reform
Ebrahim Moosa and SherAli Tareen 202
Shari‘a
Devin J. Stewart 219
Traditional Political Thought
Patricia Crone 238
‘Ulama’
Muhammad Qasim Zaman 252
Women
Ayesha S. Chaudhry 263
Contributors 273
Index 275
Islamic Political Thought