Muslim societies and the challenge of secularization : an interdisciplinary approach

Scholars from various disciplines worked together to present the first interdisciplinary book to address the issue of Islam, secularism and globalization. The book has a clear structure which represents its interdisciplinary approach: the first section addresses the philosophical and historical discussion about Islam and secularism; the second section discusses the topic from an ethnographical and social anthropological viewpoint; and the final section addresses Islam, secularism and globalization from a political viewpoint. This unique collection not only offers innovative research and new material, it also provides empirical examples and theoretical debates, and could therefore also be used as a textbook for courses on Islam, globalization, anthropology, politics, sociology and law.Machine generated contents note: pt. I Debating Islam, Secularism, Democracy and Muslim Polity -- Islam, Public Religions and the Secularization Debate / Bryan S. Turner -- Muslim Thinkers and the Debate on Secularism and Laicite / Barbara De Poli -- Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Tariq Ramadan on Secularisation: Differences and Similarities / Goran Larsson -- Islam and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century / Haifaa Jawad -- Moving Out of Kazanistan: Liberal Theory and Muslim Contexts / Arif A. Jamal -- Muslim Modernity: Poetics, Politics, and Metaphysics / Masood Ashraf Raja -- Turkish Secular Muslim Identity on Display in Europe / Hakki Gurkas -- Hidden Bodies in Islam: Secular Muslim Identities in Modern (and Premodern) Societies / Richard C. Martin -- pt. II Secularization and Dynamics of Muslim Lives in Glocalised Contexts -- Contentions in the Making: Discussing Secularism Among Scottish Muslims / Juan F. Caraballo-Resto -- Muslim Women's Narratives on Religious Identification in a Polarising Dutch Society / Marjo Buitelaar -- Hamburg, Muslims and Imams: The Challenge of Secularism / Wiebke Eden-Fleig -- American Muslim Women: Narratives of Identity and Globalisation / M. Gail Hickey -- A State of Islam: Modernity and Muslim Life in Twenty-First Century Australia / Nasya Bahfen -- The Search for Shared Idioms: Contesting Views of Laiklik Before the Turkish Constitutional Court / Seval Yildirim.261 page(s