This sourcebook of fifty-seven modern Islamic writings shows the tensions inherent in the struggle of Muslims to maintain their religious identity in the modern world. Here Muslims speak for themselves, revealing the diversity of Islamic thought.
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About the Author:
John J. Donohue, St. Joseph's University, Beirut. John L. Esposito, Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University.
Review:
"Will work out well for my Modern Islam course. With excellent textbooks such as this and Esposito's Voices of Resurgent Islam, I hope to be able to offer this course more often."--Alford T. Welch, Michigan State University
"Provides a broad spectrum of positions reflecting the pace and directions of Islamic thought from the late nineteenth century to the...Iranian Revolution."--International Studies
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