Muslim modernities : expressions of the civil imagination / edited by Amyn B. Sajoo.

Published in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scripture, history and modernity : readings of the Qurʼan / Bruce B. Lawrence -- Heroic themes : an invitation to Muslim worlds / John Renard -- An Andalusian modernity in narratives of women / Hasna Lebbady -- Civil sounds : the Aga Khan music initiative in Central Asia / Theodore Levin and Fairouz R. Nishanova -- Forbidden modernities : Islam in public / Nilüfer Göle -- Revivalism and the enclave society / Bryan S. Turner -- Modern citizenship, multiple identities / Eva Schubert -- Globalization, civil imagination and Islamic movements / Kevin McDonald -- Reimagining the civil : pluralism and its discontents / Amyn B. Sajoo.

"This book is about Muslim encounters with the modern: how Islam and those in its orbit have shaped and been shaped by histories that are overlapping and distinctive. Identity and citizenship, piety and protest, music and modes of dress are explored as expressions that bear on the making and remaking of modern public spheres. Muslim as well as non-Muslim scholars show in these pages that tradition and religiosity alike are active players in the making of the modern." "A vital theme is the role of the ethical imagination in expressions of the civil, fed by the diversity of religious and cultural narratives as sources of the self. This can be seen in struggles for civil society and democratic citizenship, in the grappling with new technologies, and in the challenges of political violence. Since the events of September 11, 2001, a failure to come to grips with plural modernities has spurred claims about a 'clash of civilizations'. Fresh perspectives are offered here on what it is to be Muslim and modern, mindful of the rich narratives that inform both identities."--BOOK JACKET.