Eighteenth Century Renewal And Reform In Islam

Edited By Nehemia Levtzion And John O. Voll. Papers From An International Colloquium On Eighteenth Century Renewal And Reform In Islam, Held In June 1985 And Sponsored By The Institute For Advanced Studies, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute, And The Center For The Study Of Islamic Civilization, All Of Hebrew University. Includes Bibliographies And Index. Contents Preface Introduction Notes 1 The Eighteenth Century Background to the Islamic Revolutions in West Africa Notes 2 Muslim Thought in Eighteenth-Century West Africa: The Case of Shaykh Uthman b. Fudi Notes 3 Linking Groups in the Networks of Eighteenth-Century Revivalist Scholars: The Mizjaji Family in Yemen Notes 4 The Battered Dervishes of Bab Zuwayla: A Religious Riot in Eighteenth-Century Cairo Notes 5 Mustafa Kamal al-Din al-Bakri (1688—1749): Revival and Reform of the Khalwatiyya Tradition? Notes 6 Aspects of Akhbari Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Notes 7 The Growth of Muslim Identity in Eighteenth-Century Bengal Notes Glossary Index