Modernizing Islam
Subtitle: religion in the public sphere in the Middle East and Europe
By: John L. Esposito, François Burgat, editors.
Contributors: Esposito, John L.; Burgat, François.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Islamic sociology; Islam -- Europe; Islam -- Middle East; Islam and politics; Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe; Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries
Other titles: Religion in the public sphere in the Middle East and Europe
Notes: Originally published: London : Hurst, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: Modernizing Islam and re-Islamization in global perspective -- John L. Esposito -- pt. I.; title: Issues and trends in global re-Islamization:; title: Veils and obscuring lenses -- François Burgat; title: Modernizing force of Islamism -- Bjørn Olav Utvik; title: Islam and civil society -- John L. Esposito -- pt. II.; title: Re-Islamization in the public sphere:; title: Islam and the common mortal -- Fariba Adelkhah; title: Return to Shariah? : Egyptian judges and referring to Islam -- Baudouin Dupret; title: Women's Islamic activism : between self-practices and social reform efforts -- Connie Carøe Christiansen; title: Islamization and education in Egypt : between politics, culture, and the market -- Linda Herrera -- pt III.; title: Re-Islamization in Europe:; title: Growing Islamization of Europe -- Oussama Cherribi; title: Holy Grail of Muslims in western Europe : representation and their relationship with the state -- Dilwar Hussain; title: Muslim minorities in Europe : the silent revolution-- Jocelyne Cesari.