Progressive Muslims
Subtitle: on justice, gender and pluralism
By: edited by Omid Safi.
Contributors: Safi, Omid, 1970-
Publisher: Oneworld
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Islam; Islam -- Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of contributors -- Introduction : the times they are a-changin' : a Muslim quest for justice, gender equality and pluralism / -- Omid Safi -- pt. 1.; title: Progressive Muslims and contemporary Islam -- -- 1. The; title: ugly modern and the modern ugly : reclaiming the beautiful in Islam -- Khaled Abou El Fadl -- 2.; title: In search of progressive Islam beyond 9/11 -- Farid Esack -- 3.; title: Islam : a civilizational project in progress -- Ahmet Karamustafa -- 4. The; title: debts and burdens of critical Islam -- Ebrahim Moosa -- 5.; title: On being a scholar of Islam : risks and responsibilities -- Tazim R. Kasam -- pt. 2.; title: Progressive Muslims and gender justice -- -- 6.; title: Transforming feminism : Islam, women and gender justice -- Saʻdiyya Shaikh -- 7.; title: Progressive Muslims and Islamic jurisprudence : the necessity for critical engagement with marriage and divorce law -- Kecia Ali -- 8.; title: Sexuality, diversity and ethics in the agenda of progressive Muslims -- Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle -- 9.; title: Are we up to the challenge? The need for a radical re-ordering of the Islamic discourse on women -- Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons -- pt. 3.; title: Progressive Muslims and pluralism -- -- 10.; title: Muslims, pluralism, and interfaith dialogue -- Amir Hussain -- 11.; title: American Muslim identity : race and ethnicity in progressive Islam -- Amina Wadud -- 12.; title: Islamic democracy and pluralism -- Ahmad S. Moussalli -- 13.; title: How to put the genie back in the bottle? "Identity" Islam and Muslim youth cultures in America -- Marcia Hermansen -- 14.; title: What is the victory of Islam? Towards a different understanding of the Ummah and political success in the contemporary world-- Farish A. Noor-- Further reading-- Index.