Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction: What is Understanding? 1
5. 1 The Changing World of Islam 15
6. 2 Insiders and Outsiders 38
7. 3 The Rise of the Sociology of Islam 52
8. 4 Postmodernism, Globalisation and Religion 76
9. 5 Orientalism and Islam 92
10. 6 Islamophobia 110
11. 7 Feminism, Fertility and Piety 132
12. 8 The Problems of Positionality 151
13. 9 The Possibility of Dialogue 172
14. Index 181