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Islamic Reform and Conservatism

Al-Azhar and the Evolution of Modern Sunni Islam

Islamic Reform and Conservatism( )
Author: Gesink, Indira Falk
ISBN:978-1-78076-427-6
Publication Date:Jul 2014
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:I. B. Tauris
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $42.95USD $42.95
Book Description:

The famed reform debates at al-Azhar Madrasa in nineteenth-century Cairo, one of the most influential centres of religious study in Sunni Islam, were enormously influential for twentieth-century Islamic thought. Here Indira Gesink offers a revisionist history of these debates over curricular and administrative reforms, and challenges our understanding of the struggle between Islamic reform and conservatism. It has been assumed that famous Islamic modernists such as Muhammad 'Abduh...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Islam / Sunni
Religion / Islam / General
Religion / Ancient
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.67 Inches
Book Weight:0.787 Pounds



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