Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. I. Islamic Law and the ‘Ulama in Colonial India: A Legal Tradition in Transition 17
7. II. Constructions of Authority 38
8. III. The Rhetoric of Reform and the Religious Sphere 60
9. IV. Conceptions of the Islamic State 87
10. V. Refashioning Identities 111
11. VI. Religiopolitical Activism and the ‘Ulama: Comparative Perspectives 144
12. Epilogue. The ‘Ulama in the Twenty-First Century 181
13. Notes 193
14. Glossary 259
15. Bibliography 263
16. Index 287