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Intro -- THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN MUSLIM SOCIETIES -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- FOREWORD: THE RELIGIOUS PUBLIC SPHERE IN EARLY MUSLIM SOCIETIES by DALE F. EICKELMAN -- INTRODUCTION by MIRIAM HOEXTER AND NEHEMIA LEVTZION -- 1. THE MIHNA (INQUISITION) AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE by NIMROD HURVITZ -- 2. RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP AND ASSOCIATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE OF SELJUK BAGHDAD by DAPHNA EPHRAT -- 3. RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE: RULERS, SCHOLARS, AND COMMONERS IN SYRIA UNDER ZANGID AND AYYUBID RULE (1150-1260) by DANIELLA TALMON-HELLER -- 4. THE PUBLIC SPHERE AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE by HAIM GERBER -- 5. THE QADI'S ROLE IN THE ISLAMIZATION OF SEDENTARY TRIBAL SOCIETY by AHARON LAYISH -- 6. THE DYNAMICS OF SUFI BROTHERHOODS by NEHEMIA LEVTZION -- 7. THE WAQF AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE by MIRIAM HOEXTER -- 8. CONCLUDING REMARKS: PUBLIC SPHERE, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND POLITICAL DYNAMICS IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES by SHMUEL N. EISENSTADT -- WORKS CITED -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.

Seeking to avoid the traps of sensational political expose and specialized scholarly Orientalism, this is an introduction to the profound spiritual resources of Islam. The author moves away from a Middle Eastern bias, addressing the pluralistic nature of Muslim societies and thought.