New faces of Muslim actors using both secular and religious idiom are appearing in public
life; the terms of public debate are being transformed by the eruption of religious issues; …

A new sense of public is emerging throughout Muslim-majority states and Muslim
communities elsewhere. It is shaped by increasingly open contests over the authoritative …

* This paper is based on research supported by grants from the United States Institute of
Peace and the American Center for Oriental Research (Amman, Jordan). I am grateful for …

In recent years, Islam has become a more visible force, not only in North Africa, the Middle
East, and Asia, but also in Western Europe and the United States. Greater attention to …

This collection of essays examines how modern public spheres reflect and mask-often both
simultaneously-discourses of order, contests for hegemony, and techniques of power in the …

Today, a new breed of charismatic and media‐savvy religious figures are reinvigorating
internal debates on Islam by drawing large audiences across the Muslim world and the …

A global transformation of modes of religious authority has been taking place at an
increasing pace in recent years. The social and political implications of the growing …

This book offers a framework for understanding the interaction between the academic
disciplines' observing'contemporary political Islam and the individuals and communities …

Challenging conventional assumptions, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume
argue that premodern Muslim societies had diverse and changing varieties of public …

Recent shifts in religious consciousness throughout the Muslim world have increasingly
blurred the line between religion and politics with major implications for how politics are …