Metcalf Islamic Revival in British India

Deoband, 1860-1900
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5610-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 402 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

In a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power.

Originally published in 1982.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Metcalf, Barbara D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
List of Maps, pg. ix
List of Illustrations, pg. x
Acknowledgments, pg. xi
Note on Transliteration, pg. xiii
Introduction: The Pattern of Islamic Reform, pg. 1
I The ‘Ulama In Transition: The Eighteenth Century, pg. 16
II. The ‘Ulama In Transition: The Early Nineteenth Century, pg. 46
III The Madrasah at Deoband, pg. 87
IV The Style of Religious Leadership, I: Muftis and Shaikhs, pg. 138
V The Style of Religious Leadership, II: Writers and Debaters, pg. 198
VI The Social Milieu of the Deobandi ‘Ulama, pg. 235
VII Alternative Tendencies within Sunni Islam: The Ahl-i Hadis and the Barelwis, pg. 264
VIII Further Alternatives: Aligarh and Nadwah, pg. 315
Conclusion: New Sects, New Strategies, Old Patterns, pg. 348
Glossary, pg. 361
Bibliography, pg. 369
Index, pg. 377