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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. By all measures, the late twentieth century was a time of dramatic decline for the Islamic world, the Ummah, particularly its Arab heartland. Sober Muslim voices regularly describe their current state as the worst in the 1,400-year history of Islam. Yet, precisely at this time of unprecedented material vulnerability, Islam has emerged as a civilizational force strong enough to challenge the imposition of Western, particularly American, homogenizing power on Muslim peoples. This is the central paradox of Islam today: at a time of such unprecedented weakness in one sense, how has the Islamic Awakening, a broad and diverse movement of contemporary Islamic renewal, emerged as such a resilient and powerful transnational force and what implications does it have for the West? In One Islam, Many Worlds of Muslims Raymond W. Baker addresses this question.Two things are clear, Baker argues: Islam's unexpected strength in recent decades does not originate from official political, economic, or religious institutions, nor can it be explained by focusing exclusively on the often-criminal assertions of violent, marginal groups. While extremists monopolize the international press and the scholarly journals, those who live and work in the Islamic world know that the vast majority of Muslims reject their reckless calls to violence and look elsewhere for guidance. Baker shows that extremists draw their energy and support not from contributions to the reinterpretation and revival of Islamic beliefs and practices, but from the hatreds engendered by misguided Western policies in Islamic lands. His persuasive analysis of the Islamic world identifies centrists as the revitalizing force of Islam, saying that they are responsible for constructing a modern, cohesive Islamic identity that is a force to be reckoned with.…

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near fine dust-jacket, fresh attractive copy, appears unused, green hardcover. BAKER, RAYMOND WILLIAM. One Islam, many Muslim worlds: spirituality, identity, and resistance across Islamic lands. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015, 1st printing number line starting with 1, xiii, 375pp., . Religion and global politicsBy all measures, the late twentieth century was a time of dramatic decline for the Islamic world, the Ummah, particularly its Arab heartland. Sober Muslim voices regularly describe their current state as the worst in the 1,400-year history of Islam. Yet, precisely at this time of unprecedented material vulnerability, Islam has emerged as a civilizational force strong enough to challenge the imposition of Western, particularly American, homogenizing power on Muslim peoples. This is the central paradox of Islam today: at a time of such unprecedented weakness in one sense, how has the Islamic Awakening, a broad and diverse movement of contemporary Islamic renewal, emerged as such a resilient and powerful transnational force and what implications does it have for the West? In One Islam, Many Muslims Worlds Raymond W. Baker addresses this question.Two things are clear, Baker argues: Islam's unexpected strength in recent decades does not originate from official political, economic, or religious institutions, nor can it be explained by focusing exclusively on the often-criminal assertions of violent, marginal groups. While extremists monopolize the international press and the scholarly journals, those who live and work in the Islamic world know that the vast majority of Muslims reject their reckless calls to violence and look elsewhere for guidance. Baker shows that extremists draw their energy and support not from contributions to the reinterpretation and revival of Islamic beliefs and practices, but from the hatreds engendered by misguided Western policies in Islamic lands. His persuasive analysis of the Islamic world identifies centrists as the revitalizing force of Islam, saying that they are responsible for constructing a modern, cohesive Islamic identity that is a force to be reckoned with. - CONTENTS: The mystery of Islam's strength -- Oases of resistance and reform -- Guidance from the center -- Heralds of renewal -- Medieval pathways and Ibn Battuta -- Contemporary networks and Fahmi Huwaidi -- God's "signs" and democracy in Islam -- The Islamist imaginary -- The epochal story of Islam and the common people -- The "river of life". ISBN 9780199846474. …

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Zustand: very good. Cambridge, Ma.: Harvard University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 309 pp. 24 cm. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780674012035. Keywords : , Egypt.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Third printing [stated]. x, [4], 290 pages. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. No DJ present. Raymond William Baker is college Professor of International Politics and Director of the Middle East Program, Trinity College. Baker is an internationally recognized authority on the Arab and Islamic world. The author of a series of critically acclaimed studies of Islam and Arab societies, he was designated as a Carnegie Islam Scholar in Islamic Studies for 2006 - 2008 in recognition for his contributions to the study of Islam. Baker's books on Islam and politics include Egypt's Uncertain Revolution Under Nasser and Sadat; Sadat and After: Struggles for Egypt's Political Soul; Islam Without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists. Baker co-authored with T. and S. Ismael, Cultural Cleansing in Iraq. His most recent book One Islam, Many Worlds of Muslims was recognized by BookList as one of the ten most important books on religion and spirituality published in 2015. Baker's research has won support from the National Science Foundation; Ford Foundation; Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities; and the Carnegie Corporation among others. Baker is active in international associations of scholars, including President Emeritus, International Association of Middle East Studies, 2001-present; Governing Board Member, World Organization of Middle East Studies, 2002-present; Governing Board Member, International Center for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies. Baker has consulted periodically for the State Department, the Department of Defense, USAID, the Pentagon, and other government agencies and foundations. This is the only authoritative history of Egypt's revolutionary experience under the leadership of Gamal Abdul Nasser and Anwar el-Sadat. Presenting an explicit analysis of their efforts to create the politics and bureaucracy of revolutionary social reconstruction, the author addresses one central question: what have been the successes and failures and unintended consequences of Nasser's and Sadat's plans to direct vast transformations in Egypt? Raymond Baker begins by tracing Nasser's struggle to transform a conspiratorial military coup into a genuine revolution. He goes on to examine the difficulties Nasser faced in formulating a consistent ideology and in governing through factions (the bureaucracy, the military, technologists, and leftists) that were often at odds with each other. These problems were inherited by Sadat, who, Baker shows, has taken a new course in his efforts to solve them. Sadat has attempted to improve industry, attract foreign capital, and establish viable institutions through which Egypt can progress towards modernization. At the same time, Baker shows that Egypt's domestic developments must always be viewed in the light of its foreign involvement's and policies. He examines both leaders' uses of foreign policy to aid domestic reform and charts the evolution of Egypt's involvement from the mid-fifties until the present. Baker concludes with an important assessment, through case studies, of Egypt's performance in three areas: industrial management, agriculture, and rural health programs. His book, writes Joel Migdal of Harvard University, "is far superior to anything previously written on the subject of the Egyptian revolution and its impact on Egyptian society.".…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

(10), 309 pp. Publisher's quarter cloth, dust jacket. Interior with a couple of underlinings in red ballpen, else fine. Condition VG+.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 296 pages. 9.45x6.43x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In recent decades an influential group of Egyptian scholars and public intellectuals has been having a profound effect in the Islamic world. Baker offers a compelling portrait of these New Islamists-Islamic scholars, lawyers, judges, and journalists who pro.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For the last several decades an influential group of Egyptian scholars and public intellectuals has been having a profound effect in the Islamic world. Raymond Baker offers a compelling portrait of these New Islamists--Islamic scholars, lawyers, judges, and journalists who provide the moral and intellectual foundations for a more fully realized Islamic community, open to the world and with full rights of active citizenship for women and non-Muslims.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Islam is the fastest growing of the world's major religions. Yet the pervasive hostility to Islam in the West makes understanding its expanding global reach virtually impossible. Islam is all too often seen through a lens that focuses on the small minority of violent extremists rather than the overwhelming majority of Muslims who make up to the moderate mainstream. It is the centrist mind and heart of Islam that captures new adherents in such impressive numbers. For centuries, Abu Dharr al Ghifari, the seventh-century companion of the Prophet Muhammad, has provided a human face for Islamic justice as the core value of the faith. The influence of Abu Dharr has sometimes faded. Extremism may challenge the moderate and tolerant heart of the Islam of the Qur'an that Abu Dharr represents. Invariably, however, Islamic intellectuals have stepped forward to restore balance and moderation. Our time is such a period of renewal and the sweeping awakening of midstream Islam.In this study of justice in Islam, Raymond Baker focuses on the work of major intellectuals who have contributed to this Islamic Awakening. They include: the Egyptians Hassan al Banna, Sayyid Qutb, and Shaikh Muhammad al Ghazalli; the Turkish scholar Sa'id Nursi; the Lebanese Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Fadlallah; the Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Baqir al Sadra; the Iranian radical intellectual Ali Sheriati; and the American athlete and Muslim convert Muhammad Ali. Baker argues that appreciation for the work of these preeminent figures is indispensable to understanding how an awakened Islam with justice at its core has become a global phenomenon.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 290 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Clipped on the ffep. Bound in brown cloth with black titles on the spine. 1ST EDITION. NF. Book.

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