Reconsidering Islam in a South Asian Context
Biographical note
M. Reza Pirbhai, Ph.D. (2004) in History, University of Toronto, is Assistant Professor of South Asian History at Louisiana State University. This is his first book. Previous publications include articles on Islam, Hinduism and culture in Modern South Asia.
Readership
All those interested in Islamic intellectual and institutional history, Muslim sectarianism and inter-faith relations, colonialism and the development of contemporary South Asian societies and cultures.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Translation and Transliteration Note
Maps
Chronology
Introduction
Part I—Foundations: Islam and the Mughals
Chapter One: The Categories of Doctrinal Islam
Chapter Two: Indicism, Intoxication and Sobriety among the ‘Great Mughals’
Part II—Transformations: Islam and Colonialism
Chapter Three: Codification and a ‘New’ Sober Path
Chapter Four: Anglicisation and the ‘Old Islam’
Chapter Five: Objectification and a ‘New’ Intoxicated Way
Chapter Six: Nationalism and the ‘New Islam’
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Translation and Transliteration Note
Maps
Chronology
Introduction
Part I—Foundations: Islam and the Mughals
Chapter One: The Categories of Doctrinal Islam
Chapter Two: Indicism, Intoxication and Sobriety among the ‘Great Mughals’
Part II—Transformations: Islam and Colonialism
Chapter Three: Codification and a ‘New’ Sober Path
Chapter Four: Anglicisation and the ‘Old Islam’
Chapter Five: Objectification and a ‘New’ Intoxicated Way
Chapter Six: Nationalism and the ‘New Islam’
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
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