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The contributions to the present volume show that the countries that are often presented in the literature as forming part of a stereotypical and seemingly monolithic "Islamic world" in fact represent considerable diversity. From Iran to Senegal, we encounter a vast array of social and religious structures, historical trajectories, political regimes and relative positions of societies and individuals. We encounter also, in many different and often unexpected ways, the individual in multiple contexts. The present volume presents perspectives on everyday life in Muslim societies beyond the spectacular. From a broad academic background in Islamic and Iranian studies, social anthropology, sociology, philosophy and history, its contributors show that everyday life as well as religious practice in countries as diverse as Senegal, Niger, Egypt, Tunisia and Iran is not informed by one single "Islamic" tradition, but rather by multiple and often surprisingly different modes of religiosity and non-religiosity.

"Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life, placing special emphasis on the relevance--or irrelevance--of their heritages to today's social and political concerns.Michael Cook takes an in-depth, comparative look at political identity, social values, attitudes to warfare, views about the role of religion in various cultural domains, and conceptions of the polity. In all these fields he finds that the Islamic heritage offers richer resources for those engaged in current politics than either the Hindu or the Christian heritages. He uses this finding to explain the fact that, despite the existence of Hindu and Christian counterparts to some aspects of Islamism, the phenomenon as a whole is unique in the world today. The book also shows that fundamentalism--in the sense of a determination to return to the original sources of the religion--is politically more adaptive for Muslims than it is for Hindus or Christians.A sweeping comparative analysis by one of the world's leading scholars of premodern Islam, Ancient Religions, Modern Politics sheds important light on the relationship between the foundational texts of these three great religious traditions and the politics of their followers today"--

IN LIBYA, THE QUADDAFI REGIME HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEFUSED THE DANGER OF A SPECIFICALLY ISLAMIC OPPOSITION, WHETHER INDIGENOUS OR EXOGENOUS, THROUGH ITS REPRESSIVE POLICIES AND ITS ATTEMPTS TO INCORPORATE ISLAM AS A LEGITIMIZING FEATURE OF ITS OWN PRACTICE. MOREOVER, ITS CLAIM TO RADICAL POPULISM AND EGALITARIANISM HAS MEANT THAT IT HAS BEEN EASY TO PORTRAY THE ISLAMIC OPPOSITION AS INHERENTLY CONSERVATIVE AND REACTIONARY.

"This book identifies a new Islamic form in Turkey at the turn of the century, Muslimism. Neither fundamentalism nor liberal religion, Muslimism engages modernity through Islamic categories and practices. Cevik draws implications of this new form for discussions of democracy and Islam in the region, for similar movements across religious traditions, and for social theory on religion"--

The modern world-view, the ecological model and the reimagination of nature -- Religious environmentalism : reimagining and revitalizing nature and religion -- Indian (Hindu and Jain) visions -- Chinese (Confucian and Daoist) visions -- Buddhist visions -- Jewish visions -- Christian visions -- Islamic visions.

This article analyzes historical, theoretical and scriptural bases of missionary work in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, which are classified as World Religions. In particular, significance of early Buddhist missions, social, and political factors that influenced the spread of classical Buddhism and its modern forms as Lamaism and Zen Buddhism throughout the world is examined. Also, it is stated that Christianity is considered as most active missionary religion, has passed through seven stages in its history. In addition, it is argued that Islamic missionary or da'wah happened in parallel of Islamic conquests, activity of Muslim traders and hermits (sufis).