Religion in Modern Islamic Discourse

Abdulkader Tayob

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February, 2010
Cloth, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15432-1
$50.00

"This work makes a highly significant contribution to a growing body of literature that focuses on the content of modern Islamic thought and on its various intellectual perspectives." — Rachel M. Scott, Review of Middle East Studies

"Religion in Modern Islamic Discourse is one of those rare studies that deals with modern Islam thematically. Abdulkader Tayob's argument is fresh and even unique, attaching the modernity of Islam to the development of the idea of religion among Muslims. At one stroke, the reader is liberated from the tedious and well-worn theme of the inseparability of religion and Islamic politics." — Faisal Devji, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford

"Abdulkader Tayob's work provides nuanced and critical examinations of wide-ranging discourses on modernity centered on self-reflexive conceptions of religion-not as an essentializing concept but rather as an organizing rubric for diverse Muslim debates on science, politics, law, identity, and gender over the past century. In doing so, the book offers new and much needed perspective on the critical dynamics of Muslim thought's rich internal diversity in the modern world." — Michael Feener, National University of Singapore

Related Subjects

• Islam

About the Author

Abdulkader Tayob is professor of Islamic studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has held visiting professorships at The International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) and at the University of Virginia and the University of Hamburg. His books include Islam: A Short Introduction.

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