ABSTRACT

The religion of Islam is of vital concern to the modern world. In Muslims Volume 2: The Contemporary Period Andrew Rippin examines Muslims' perception of and reaction to the challenges and changes occurring in contemporary life and questions their ability to relate the Qur'an and the figure of Muhammed to 19th and 20th century culture.
The inherited world view of Islam is compared with the emerging newly-discovered world view of the late 20th century and is explored in two ways, firstly by examining modern Muslim views on religious authority and by considering their effect on the actual lived practice of Islam.
Essential reading for all scholars and lecturers of Islam and comparative religion.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I The contemporary world and the phenomenon of modernity

chapter 1|14 pages

Describing the Contemporary World

part |2 pages

Part II Muslims and modernity

part |2 pages

Part III Muhammad: his life and his authority

chapter 3|18 pages

Muhammad and His Biographers

chapter 4|18 pages

.The Authority of the Past

part |2 pages

Part IV The Qur’an: interpretation and its limits

chapter 5|13 pages

Trends in Interpretation

chapter 6|15 pages

Types of Critical Approaches

part |2 pages

Part V Ramifications of modernity in Muslim daily life

chapter 7|12 pages

Feminism’s ‘new Islam’

chapter 8|15 pages

The Practice of Islam