Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Negotiating the shoals of modernity 6
6. 2 Engaging the Sharia: rereading the Qur’an and hadith 25
7. 3 Islam and politics 54
8. 4 Islam, gender and feminist hermeneutics 86
9. 5 War and peacemaking in the Islamic tradition 115
10. 6 American Muslims and the expansion of the umma 141
11. 7 Religious dialogue and interfaith relations 174
12. Epilogue: looking to the future 206
13. Select bibliography 209
14. Index 217