Alternative Islamic discourses and religious authority /
edited by Carool Kersten, Susanne Olsson.
- xiii, 206 pages : 24 cm.
- Contemporary thought in the Islamic world .
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Introduction: alternative Islamic discourses and religious authority / Carool Kersten and Susanne Olsson -- Ijtihad and the derivation of new jurisprudence in contemporary shiism: the rulings of Ayatollah Bujnurdi / Liyakat Takim -- Judicial and rational challenges of the doctrine of jurist's rule / Mohammad Fazlhashemi -- Muslims' perception of Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement: accommodating or hindering modern Turkey? / Zeki Saritoprak -- A Turkish mahdi? Apocalypticism in Harun Yahya's dawah enterprise / Anne Ross Solberg -- Amr Khaled on individual proactivity / Susanne Olsson -- Harmonious being: a space for an alternative way of exploring religion / Abdullah Hamidaddin -- Islamic post-traditionalism in Indonesia: revisiting tradition and the future of Islam / Carool Kersten -- Women's agency in transforming religious discourse: gender-sensitive interpretations of Islam in Indonesia / Ann Kull -- Treading a dangerous path? the use of Islam in women's rights advocacy / Nida Kirmani.