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Alternative Islamic Discourses and Religious Authority (Paperback)
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Alternative Islamic Discourses and Religious Authority (Paperback)
Series: Contemporary Thought in the Islamic World
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Like anywhere else, the present-day Islamic world too is grappling
with modernity and postmodernity, secularisation and globalisation.
Muslims are raising questions about religious representations and
authority. This has given rise to the emergence of alternative
Islamic discourses which challenge binary oppositions and
dichotomies of orthodoxy and heterodoxy, continuity and change,
state and civil society. It also leads to a dispersal of authority,
a collapse of existing hierarchical structures and gender roles.
This book further argues that the centre of gravity of many of
these alternative Islamic discourses is shifting from the
Arabic-speaking 'heartland' towards the geographical peripheries of
the Muslim world and expatriate Muslims in North America and
Europe. At the same time, in view of recent seismic shifts in the
political constellation of the Middle East, the trends discussed in
this book hold important clues for the possible direction of future
developments in that volatile part of the Muslim world.
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