Shattering the Myth : : Islam beyond Violence /

Shattering the Myth : : Islam beyond Violence / / Bruce B. Lawrence.

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Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. Shattering the Myth demonstrates that these conceptions more accurately reflect the bias of Western reporters tha...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
VerfasserIn:
Lawrence, Bruce B.,
MitwirkendeR:
Eickelman, Dale F.,
Piscatori, James,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©1998
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; 80
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION: Islam across Time and Cultures
  • PART ONE: EUROPEAN COLONIALISM AND ITS SEQUELS
  • CHAPTER 1: The Three Phases of Modern-Day Islam
  • CHAPTER 2: Islamic Revivalism: Anti-Colonial Revolt
  • CHAPTER 3: Islamic Reform: Secular Nationalism
  • CHAPTER 4: Islamic Fundamentalism: Religious Nationalism
  • PART TWO: MUSLIM WOMEN AND ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM
  • CHAPTER 5: The Double Bind Revisited
  • CHAPTER 6: The Shah Bano Case
  • CONCLUSION: Convergent Signposts: Jihad and Corporate Culture
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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