The Ulama in Contemporary Islam: Custodians of Change (repost)
Muhammad Qasim Zaman - The Ulama in Contemporary Islam: Custodians of Change
Princeton University Press | 2002 | ISBN: 0691096805 | Pages: 312 | PDF | 2 MB
Princeton University Press | 2002 | ISBN: 0691096805 | Pages: 312 | PDF | 2 MB
From the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book helps account for the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars (the `ulama) across contemporary Muslim societies. Muhammad Qasim Zaman describes the transformations the centuries-old culture and tradition of the `ulama have undergone in the modern era–transformations that underlie the new religious and political activism of these scholars. In doing so, it provides a new foundation for the comparative study of Islam, politics, and religious change in the contemporary world.