Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of illustrations, tables & maps -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction / Jeffrey T. Kenney and Ebrahim Moosa -- Part I: Traditions and Transformations: 1. Scripture in the Modern Islam World: the Qur'an and Hadith / Jonathan Brown -- 2. Ethical Landscape: Laws, Norms, and Morality / Ebrahim Moosa -- 3. Government and Governance / Robert D. Lee -- 4. From Isfahan to the Internet: Islamic Theology in the Global Village / Anthony R. Byrd and Richard C. Martin -- 5. Piety and Devotion / Carl W. Ernst -- 6. The Multiple Faces of Islamic Education in a Secular Age / Malika Zeghal -- Part II: Themes and Trends: 7. Women and Gender in the Muslim World / Valentine M. Moghadam and Namrata Mitra -- 8. Islam, Social Networking, and the Cloud / Gary R. Bunt -- 9. Islam: Unbound and Global / Bruce B. Lawrence -- 10. Militant Movements / William Shepard -- 11. Secularization and the Search for an Authentic Muslim Modern / Jeffrey T. Kenney -- 12. Islam and Popular Culture / Mark Sedgwick -- Part III: Case Studies of Tradition and Change: 13. The Emergence of Media Preachers: Yusuf al-Qaradawi / Marcia Hermansen -- 14. Assertive Secularism, Islam, and Democracy in Turkey / Ahmet T. Kuru -- 15. The New Muslim Europe / Jørgen S. Nielsen -- 16. Routinizing the Iranian Revolution / Mohsen Kadivar -- 17. Muslim Advocacy in America / Kathleen M. Moore -- 18. Women and Islamic Law in Bangladesh: Finding a Space for the Fatwa / Tiffany A. Hodge -- 19. Far from Mecca: Modern Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia / Muhamad Ali -- 20. Politics and Islamization in African Public Spheres / Abdulkader Tayob -- Appendix: Maps and Tables -- Index.

This comprehensive introduction explores the landscape of contemporary Islam. Written by a distinguished team of scholars, it: provides broad overviews of the developments, events, people and movements that have defined Islam in the three majority-Muslim regions traces the connections between traditional Islamic institutions and concerns, and their modern manifestations and transformations. How are medieval ideas, policies and practices refashioned to address modern circumstances investigates new themes and trends that are shaping the modern Muslim experience such as gender, fundamentalism, the media and secularisation offers case studies of Muslims and Islam in dynamic interaction with different societies. Islam in the Modern World includes illustrations, summaries, discussion points and suggestions for further reading that will aid understanding and revision. Additional resources are provided via a companion website.