{"product_id":"the-ulama-in-contemporary-islam-muhammad-qasim-zaman-9780691130705","title":"The Ulama in Contemporary Islam: Custodians of Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book helps account for the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars (the  ulama) across contemporary Muslim societies. Muhammad Qasim Zaman describes the transformations the centuries-old culture and tradition of the  ulama have undergone in the modern era--transformations that underlie the new religious and political activism of these scholars. In doing so, it provides a new foundation for the comparative study of Islam, politics, and religious change in the contemporary world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While focusing primarily on Pakistan, Zaman takes a broad approach that considers the Taliban and the  ulama of Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India, and the southern Philippines. He shows how their religious and political discourses have evolved in often unexpected but mutually reinforcing ways to redefine and enlarge the roles the  ulama play in society. Their discourses are informed by a longstanding religious tradition, of which they see themselves as the custodians. But these discourses are equally shaped by--and contribute in significant ways to--contemporary debates in the Muslim public sphere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book offers the first sustained comparative perspective on the  ulama and their increasingly crucial religious and political activism. It shows how issues of religious authority are debated in contemporary Islam, how Islamic law and tradition are continuously negotiated in a rapidly changing world, and how the  ulama both react to and shape larger Islamic social trends. Introducing previously unexamined facets of religious and political thought in modern Islam, it clarifies the complex processes of religious change unfolding in the contemporary Muslim world and goes a long way toward explaining their vast social and political ramifications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Muhammad Qasim Zaman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691130701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691130705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.10w x 0.76d","brand":"Muhammad Qasim Zaman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925610922239,"sku":"9780691130705","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cc50410a-c096-4826-a3e9-36ad91fc31c8.jpg?v=1681078297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ulama-in-contemporary-islam-muhammad-qasim-zaman-9780691130705","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}