Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 7
3. Acknowledgements 11
4. Introduction: Constructing Pathways to Contemporary Islam 13
5. Section 1. Historical Trends in Contemporary Perspective
6. 1. Pathways to Modern Islam 27
7. 2. A Theoretical Pathway to Contemporary Islam 49
8. Section 2. Contesting the Islamic Intellectual Tradition
9. 3. A New Approach to Islamic Intellectual Tradition 77
10. 4. The Best and Most Trying of Times 99
11. 5. The Function of Myths in the Justification of Muslim Extremism 125
12. Section 3. Beyond the Arab Revolutions: Political Islam Revised
13. 6. Building Trust in the Democratic Process 145
14. 7. The Failure of Political Islam Revisited 167
15. 8. Regaining the Islamic Centre? 181
16. Section 4. Contemporary Spaces of Critical Engagement
17. 9. Enhancing Dialogue Between Religious Traditions 215
18. 10. The Ethical in Shari’a Practices 235
19. 11. The New Horizons of Piety 265
20. Notes on the Contributors 287
21. Index 289