Guardians of Faith in Modern Times: ʿulamaʾ In the Middle East

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16953-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 105, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia

This collective volume provides an integrative historical and contemporary discussion of Sunni 'ulama' in the Middle East in both an urban and a semi-tribal context. The various chapters reinforce a renewed interest in the position of the 'ulama' in modern times and offer new insights as to their ideological vitality and contribution to the public discourse on moral and sociopolitical issues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hatina, Meir

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Meir Hatina, Ph.D (1998) is senior lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Author of Islam and Salvation in Palestine (2001) and Identity Politics in the Middle East: Liberal Discourse and Islamic Challenge in Egypt (2007), he has published extensively on modern Islamic thought and politics.