num_pages: 386
description: In a study of the vitality of Islam in late nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ( ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power. Focussing on Deoband, the most important Islamicseminary of the period, she discusses the ways in which the ulama enhanced a sense of cultural continuity in a period of alien rule. Deprived of a Muslim state, the leaders of Deoband sought to renew Islamic spiritual life by teaching early Islamic principles. To this end, they concerned themselveswith popular behaviour and the education of both elite and non-elite Muslims through the spoken language, Urdu.
language: English
title: Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900
titlecomplete: Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900 (Oxford India Paperbacks)
genres: Social Science, Religion, Nonfiction, India, Islam, History
ratings_count: 45
publisher: Oxford University Press