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Modern Muslim intellectuals have been trying to reestablish a foundation for the revival of Islamic law. In this fascinating study, Daniel Brown assesses the implications of new approaches to the law on contemporary Islamic revivalist movements, and explores the impact of modernity on... read more
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Modern debates about religious authority are shaped by what Muslims see when they look back at the early history of Islam.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction: the prism of modernity
1. The relevance of the past: classical conceptions of Prophetic authority
2. The emergence of modern challenges to tradition
3. Boundaries of revelation
4. The nature of Prophetic authority
5. The authenticity of hadith
6. Sunna and Islamic revivalism
7. Conclusion: the spectrum of change
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 33 in Cambridge Middle East Studies. (publisher series)
Preceded by Britain and the Politics of Modernization in the Middle East, 1945-1958, and followed by The Rule of Law in the Arab World.
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- Daniel W. Brown (Author)
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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- Dewey: 956
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- Books › Law › Legal History › Islamic
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Islam › Law
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Islam › Hadith
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Theology
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Islam › Theology
- Books › History › Asia
- Books › History › Middle East
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