Format:
xii, 452 Seiten
ISBN:
1849047030
,
9781849047036
Content:
Western Christians in the twentieth century viewed Islam through a lens of social and political concerns that would have appeared novel to their medieval and early-modern predecessors. Concerns about the predicament of secular 'modernity' infused Christian discourse with distinct assumptions that shaped engagement with Islam in fundamentally new ways. J. N. D. (Norman) Anderson (1908-94), a highly influential British Christian scholar of Islam, embodied this new orientation in his commitment to 'modernize' Islam. Anderson's engagement with Islam as a missionary, intelligence agent, scholar of Islamic law and advisor to various Muslim governments, spanned multiple decades and continents. As well as shaping Western understandings of Islamic law and its application, he was involved in debates about the end of the British Empire and the transformation of Christian missions following formal decolonization. Because of Anderson's location at the intersection of so many different debates concerning Islam, his life provides unique insights into the ways in which Christians reconfigured their response to Islam in the last century. Given Christianity's continued influence on British and American ideas about Islam, this study provides crucial insight into the persistent focus on 'modernizing' and 'secularizing' Islam today
Content:
Cambridge legal studies and Anderson's sense of the 'modern' -- Inter-war evangelicalism, Cambridge student missionary enthusiasm and Anderson's mission to evangelise Egypt -- Covert operations and nation-building in North Africa during World War II -- Nationalism, Protestant 'modernity' and the reform of Islamic law -- Christian missions and Islam in the 1950s -- 'Disinterested' scholarship, Arab nationalism and the study of Islamic law in Britain -- Nationalism and Islamic legal reform in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Nationalism and Islamic legal reform in Asia and East Africa -- Christian missions and Islam in the 1960s and 1970s -- The waning of 'secular' nationalism in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Thompson, Todd M. Norman Anderson and the Christian mission to modernize Islam New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019 ISBN 9780190943073
Language:
English
Keywords:
Anderson, James N. D. 1908-1994
;
Islam-Mission
;
Christentum
