Religion, education, and governance in the Middle East
Subtitle: between tradition and modernity
By: [edited] by Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel
Series: Global interdisciplinary studies series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781409439868; 9781409439875
Subjects: Islam and politics; Islamic education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of Contributors; title: Introduction / Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel; title: 1. Global Governance, Islamism, and Authority in the Middle East / Alise Coen; title: 2. Modernity, Islam and Religious Activism / Deina Abdelkader; title: 3. The Interrelated Dynamics of Culture, Religion and Nation in the United Arab Emirates / Vania Carvalho Pinto; title: 4. Lebanon's Quest for Independence: Between Fragmentation, Political Instability and Foreign Intervention / Benedetta Berti; title: 5. Challenging the Hashemites: Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Action Front in Jordan / Kürsad Turan; title: 6. The Micro-foundations of Religious Party Moderation: Religious Party Supporters and Ideological Changes / Sultan Tepe; title: 7. Politics of Religious Education in Turkey / Yusuf Sarfati; title: 8. Uncertainty in the Governance Processes: Political Economy of Biosafety Policies in Turkey / Ebru Tekin; title: Epilogue