British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism

by Philip Lewis

Book Overview

Explores how a new generation are redefining what it means to be a Muslim in Britain today

A new generation of Muslims - activists, academics, religious scholars and professionals - are drawing on contemporary reformist thinking emerging from outside their parents' or grandparents' tradition and are using this to inform their activism. This positive new thinking is traced as it impacts and shapes the burgeoning field of Muslim women's activism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147443276X
• ISBN13: 9781474432764
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"