British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism

by Philip Lewis and Sadek Hamid

Book Overview

A new generation of Muslims - activists, academics, religious scholars and professionals - are drawing on contemporary reformist thinking emerging from outside their parents' or grandparents' tradition and are using this to inform their activism. This positive new thinking is traced as it impacts and shapes the burgeoning field of Muslim women's activism, the formation of religious leaders, what is to count as 'Muslim politics', the dynamics of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474432751
• ISBN13: 9781474432757
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"