TY - BOOK AU - Brown,L.Carl TI - Religion and state: the Muslim approach to politics SN - 0231120389 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - BP173.6 .B76 2000 U1 - 297.2/72 21 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Islam and state KW - Islamic countries KW - Islam and politics KW - Politics and government N1 - 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 ER -