Guardians of faith in modern times : : ulama in the Middle East / / edited by Meir Hatina.

• Superior document: Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, v. 105
• TeilnehmendeR: Hatina, Meir.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 105.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Chapter One. ʿUlamaʾ between the state and the society in pre-modern Sunni Islam /; Chapter Two. Al-Jabarti’s attitude towards the ʿUlamaʾ of his time /; Chapter Three. ʿUlamaʾ and political activism in the late Ottoman Empire: The political career of Şeyhülislâm Mustafa Sabri Efendi (1869-1954) /; Chapter Four. Italian colonial rule and muslim elites in Libya: A relationship of antagonism and collaboration /; Chapter Five. Education, politics, and the struggle for intellectual leadership: Al-Azhar between 1927 and 1945 /; Chapter Six. The iraqi afghanis and ʿAbduhs: Debate over reform among ShiʿIte and Sunni ʿUlamaʾ in interwar Iraq /; Chapter Seven. Western scholars on the role of the ʿUlamaʾ in adapting the ShariʿA to modernity: A critical review /; Chapter Eight. ʿUlamaʾ, tribalism and the national struggle in Morocco, 1944-1956 /; Chapter Nine. Reconciling tribalism and Islam in the writings of contemporary ʿUlamaʾ in saudi Arabia /; Chapter Ten. Wahhabis, Sufis and Salafis in early twentieth century Damascus /; Chapter Eleven. The clerics’ betrayal? Islamists, ʿUlamaʾ and the polity /; Chapter Twelve. Liberal critics, ʿUlamaʾ and the debate on Islam in the contemporary arab world /; Chapter Thirteen. In defense of Muhammad: ʿUlamaʾ, DaʿIya and the new islamic internationalism /; List of contributors /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-333) and index.
• ISBN: 1282399594; 9786612399596; 9047442938
• ISSN: 1385-3376
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Meir Hatina.

This collective volume provides an integrative historical and contemporary discussion of Sunni ʿulamaʾ in the Middle East in both an urban and a semi-tribal context. The various chapters reinforce a renewed interest in the position of the ʿulamaʾ in modern times and offer new insights as to their ideological vitality and contribution to the public discourse on moral and sociopolitical issues.