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Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives

Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2007 DOI: 10.1163/187103107X253345 Religion Human Rights Book Review John J. Donohue and John L. Esposito, Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspec- tives , 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2007, xiii + 512 pp.) ISBN: 0195174313 (pb). In the light of current widespread interest in Islam, particularly in the West after 9/11, this second edition of Islam in Transition , which comes twenty-five years after the first edition published in 1982, is a long overdue but very timely publi- cation. In the last two and half decades since the publication of the first edition, there have been many significant developments and challenges in relation to Islam both within and outside the Muslim world, which are reflected in the sizeable increase in the contents of this second edition, especially in the section on con- temporary issues. Th e book contains a representative collection of the diverse views of notable Muslim intellectuals, thinkers and ideologues dating from the nineteenth century to the present on topical social, economic, and political ques- tions in relation to Islam. As rightly noted by the editors in the book’s preface, the strength of the book lies in “its scope, which encompasses http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and Human Rights Brill

Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives

Baderin, Mashood
Religion and Human Rights , Volume 2 (3): 181 – Jan 1, 2007
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2007 DOI: 10.1163/187103107X253345 Religion Human Rights Book Review John J. Donohue and John L. Esposito, Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspec- tives , 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2007, xiii + 512 pp.) ISBN: 0195174313 (pb). In the light of current widespread interest in Islam, particularly in the West after 9/11, this second edition of Islam in Transition , which comes twenty-five years after the first edition published in 1982, is a long overdue but very timely publi- cation. In the last two and half decades since the publication of the first edition, there have been many significant developments and challenges in relation to Islam both within and outside the Muslim world, which are reflected in the sizeable increase in the contents of this second edition, especially in the section on con- temporary issues. Th e book contains a representative collection of the diverse views of notable Muslim intellectuals, thinkers and ideologues dating from the nineteenth century to the present on topical social, economic, and political ques- tions in relation to Islam. As rightly noted by the editors in the book’s preface, the strength of the book lies in “its scope, which encompasses

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