Religion and state : the Muslim approach to politics /
Brown, L. Carl 1928-
Religion and state : the Muslim approach to politics / L. Carl Brown. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2000. - vi, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and index.
PART ONE: THE HERITAGE: Setting the stage: Islam and Muslims--Islam, Judaism, and Christianity in comparative perspective: an overview--Muslim "church government"--The historical bases of traditional--Muslim and Christian political theory--Unity and community--The roots of political pessimism--Muslim attitudes toward the state: an impressionistic sketch--PART TWO: CONVULSIONS OF MODERN TIMES: --Islam and politics in modern times: the great transformation--Meeting the Western challenge: the early establishment response--The early antiestablishment response to the Western challenge--From World War I to the 1960s: the years of muted Islamist politics--The return of Islam?--The radical Muslim discourse--Al-Banna, Mawdudi, and QutbKhomeini and the Shi'ite Islam--Conclusion--Islam and politics past and present: a bibliographical essay
0231120389 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231120397 (pbk. : alk. paper)
00022700
Islam and state--Islamic countries.
Islam and politics--Islamic countries.
Islamic countries--Politics and government.
BP173.6 / .B76 2000
297.2/72
Religion and state : the Muslim approach to politics / L. Carl Brown. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2000. - vi, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and index.
PART ONE: THE HERITAGE: Setting the stage: Islam and Muslims--Islam, Judaism, and Christianity in comparative perspective: an overview--Muslim "church government"--The historical bases of traditional--Muslim and Christian political theory--Unity and community--The roots of political pessimism--Muslim attitudes toward the state: an impressionistic sketch--PART TWO: CONVULSIONS OF MODERN TIMES: --Islam and politics in modern times: the great transformation--Meeting the Western challenge: the early establishment response--The early antiestablishment response to the Western challenge--From World War I to the 1960s: the years of muted Islamist politics--The return of Islam?--The radical Muslim discourse--Al-Banna, Mawdudi, and QutbKhomeini and the Shi'ite Islam--Conclusion--Islam and politics past and present: a bibliographical essay
0231120389 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231120397 (pbk. : alk. paper)
00022700
Islam and state--Islamic countries.
Islam and politics--Islamic countries.
Islamic countries--Politics and government.
BP173.6 / .B76 2000
297.2/72