In this book, Sonn provides the first English translation of The History of Intellectual Movements in Islam (1928), a seminal text of Arab modernism written by the Palestinian intellectual Bandali al-Jawzi (1871-1942). In that book, Jawzi offered the first Marxist interpretation of the history and development of Islamic thought. The continuing importance of his work lies in Jawzi's critical method of reevaluating both European "orientalist" and classical Muslim accounts of Islamic history. Fifty years before Edward Said's landmark Orientalism, Jawzi identified the vested imperial interests as the weakness in both methodologies. Sonn's translation brings to life this skillful and entertaining critique of Islamic history. Her introduction places Jawzi's thought in context with both postmodern intellectuals and Muslim reformers who continue the struggle to apply Islamic principles to contemporary life.

Interpreting Islam: Bandali Jawzi's Islamic Intellectual History

Politics & Social Sciences

Sonn, Tamara

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

The landscape of the Middle East has changed dramatically since 2011, as have the political arena and the discourse around democracy. In Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Tamara Sonn examine the state of democracy in Muslim-majority societies today. Applying a twenty-first century perspective to the question of whether Islam is "compatible" with democracy, they redirect the conversation toward a new politics of democracy that transcends both secular authoritarianism and Political Islam. While the opposition movements of the Arab Spring vary from country to country, each has raised questions regarding equality, economic justice, democratic participation, and the relationship between Islam and democracy in their respective countries. Does democracy require a secular political regime? Are religious movements the most effective opponents of authoritarian secularist regimes? Esposito, Voll, and Sonn examine these questions and shed light on how these opposition movements reflect the new global realities of media communication and sources of influence and power. Positioned for a broad readership of scholars and students, policy-makers, and media experts, Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring will quickly become a go-to for all who watch the Middle East, inside and outside of academia.

Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring

History

Esposito, John L.

Voll, John O.

World

Between Qur'an And Crown: The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World

Reference

Routledge

This book focuses on the radical changes in the Arab world. It describes how a process similar to the organic development of the secular state in Europe was interrupted in the Middle East by Western colonialism, which led to the reassertion of Islam as the sole source of political legitimacy. .

Comparing Religions Through Law offers a ground- breaking study which compares these two religions through shared dominant structures. In the case of Judaism and Islam the dominant structure is law. Comparing Religions Through Law presents an innovative and sometimes controversial study of the comparisons and contrasts between the two religions and offers an example of how comparative religious studies can provide grounds for mutual understanding.

Comparing Religions Through Law: Judaism and Islam

NEUSNER, JACOB

Judaism and Islam compare because they concur that God cares deeply not only about attitudes but actions, not only about what one says to God but how one conducts affairs at home and in the village. In this sourcebook, the authors have selected key passages from the laws of Judaism and Islam which allow a close examination of their mode of expression and medium of thought as well as the substance of the laws themselves. The selected passages concentrate on areas critical to the life of piety and faith as actually practised within the two faith-communities - the relationship between the believer and God, between and among believers, at home in marriage, outside the home in the community and between the faithful and the infidels (for Islam) or idolaters (for Judaism). Judaism and Islam in Practice presents an invaluable collection of sources of Jewish and Islamic law and provides a unique analysis of the similarities and contrasts between the two faiths.

Judaism and Islam in Practice: A Sourcebook

Brockopp, Jonathan E.

Ancient Civilizations

50 Great Myths About Religions

50 Great Myths about Religions is an intriguing, informative, and often humorous introduction to some of the long standing myths that surround religious belief. This engaging book will get its readers thinking about how and why certain myths have arisen, and their continuing influence on our personal and collective view of religion. Offers a lively, informative, and thought-provoking introduction to some of the common misbeliefs surrounding religions <ul>
<li>Discusses myths about religious belief in general, as well as specific ideas that surround Judaism, Christianity, Islam, atheism, and agnosticism</li> <li>Covers a wide range of myths, from ancient legends such as the Bible forbidding pork being eaten because it causes illness, to modern urban fables, such as Barack Obama being a Muslim</li> <li>Unpacks each myth in turn, explaining why it arose, how it spread, and why the beliefs that stem from it are questionable</li> <li>Includes a fascinating discussion about human nature, and the main characteristics that predispose us to create and circulate myths to begin with</li> <li>Underpinned by a wide knowledge of academic research, it is written by two respected religion scholars and experienced authors</li> </ul>

Morreall, John

Religion & Spirituality

Wiley/Blackwell

50 Great Myths about Religions is an intriguing, informative, and often humorous introduction to some of the long standing myths that surround religious belief. This engaging book will get its readers thinking about how and why certain myths have arisen, and their continuing influence on our personal and collective view of religion.  Offers a lively, informative, and thought-provoking  introduction to some of the common misbeliefs surrounding religions  Discusses myths about religious belief in general, as well as specific ideas that surround Judaism, Christianity, Islam, atheism, and agnosticism Covers a wide range of myths, from ancient legends such as the Bible forbidding pork being eaten because it causes illness, to modern urban fables, such as Barack Obama being a Muslim Unpacks each myth in turn, explaining why it arose, how it spread, and why the beliefs that stem from it are questionable Includes a fascinating discussion about human nature, and the main characteristics that predispose us to create and circulate myths to begin with Underpinned by a wide knowledge of academic research, it is written by two respected religion scholars and experienced authors

Tracing the roots of today's struggle for political legitimacy in many Middle Eastern countries, the author offers the reader an analysis of Islamic history and philosophy from the formation and disintegration of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century to the present day. She describes how the process of development of the secular state in the Middle East was interrupted at an early stage by oppressive Western colonialism. This eventually led to a Muslim rejection of national secularism and all things Western and to the reassertion of Islam as the sole source of political legitimacy.

Between Qur'an And Crown: The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World (WESTVIEW SPECIAL STUDIES ON THE MIDDLE EAST)

Politics & Government

Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, Islam: History, Religion and Politics, provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the core teachings, historical development, and contemporary public struggles of Islam. 
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<li>Features a new chapter on the Arab Spring and the ongoing struggles for representative governance throughout the Muslim world</li> <li>Includes up-to-date analysis of the civil wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, including the rise of terrorist groups like Boko Haram and ISIS</li> <li>Spans Islamic history from the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islamic ideals, through Islam’s phenomenal geographical expansion and cultural development, to the creation of modern states and its role in today’s global society</li> <li>Written by a leading scholar of Islamic studies</li> </ul>

Islam: History, Religion, and Politics (Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)

Islam

Blackwell Pub.

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Interpreting Islam: Bandali Jawzi's Islamic Intellectual History

Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring

Between Qur'an And Crown: The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World

Between Qur'an And Crown: The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World

Comparing Religions Through Law: Judaism and Islam

Judaism and Islam in Practice: A Sourcebook

50 Great Myths About Religions

50 Great Myths About Religions

Between Qur'an And Crown: The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World (WESTVIEW SPECIAL STUDIES ON THE MIDDLE EAST)

Islam: History, Religion, and Politics (Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)