Islam, fundamentalism, and the betrayal of tradition
Subtitle: essays by western Muslim scholars
By: edited by Joseph E. B. Lumbard ; foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
Contributors: Lumbard, Joseph E. B., 1969-
Edition: Rev. and expanded.
Series: The perennial philosophy series
Publisher: World Wisdom
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781933316666
Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism; Islam and world politics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Religious foundations. The myth of a militant Islam / David Dakake ; The decline of knowledge and the rise of ideology in the modern Islamic world / Joseph E. B. Lumbard ; A traditional Islamic response to the rise of modernism / Fuad S. Naeem; title: Historical dimensions. From the spirituality of jihād to the ideology of jihadism / Reza Shah-Kazemi ; Roots of misconception: Euro-American perceptions of Islam before and after September 11 / Ibrahim Kalin; title: Political dimensions. The economics of terrorism: how Bin Laden has changed the rules of the game / Waleed El-Ansary ; Beyond the veil: the sufi view of women and femininity / Zailan Moris ; The Muslim world and globalization: modernity and the roots of conflict; title: Ejaz Akram; title: Epilogue. The poverty of fanaticism / T. J. Winter.