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AbstractThe growing strength of self-help literature in Egypt represents a new cultural expression of accommodation with capitalism, and markedly expands the mix of modern ideas and ethical practices rendered legitimate through association with tradition. The ideas and practices found in self-help, however, are anything but traditional. In its style and content, self-help expresses the values of individualism and neoliberal understandings of subjectivity. Informed by modern insights into the self and its formation, the genre blurs the boundary between psychology and religion, valorizing the process of self-exploration and self-fulfillment. The inherent message of self-help is not simply the glorification of the individual but, more pointedly, the sacralization of the self and subjective life choices—an interpretive trend that, in Egypt, simultaneously functionalizes Islam and fosters new understandings of what it means to be Muslim.

List of illustrations, tables & maps -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction / Jeffrey T. Kenney and Ebrahim Moosa -- Part I: Traditions and Transformations: 1. Scripture in the Modern Islam World: the Qur'an and Hadith / Jonathan Brown -- 2. Ethical Landscape: Laws, Norms, and Morality / Ebrahim Moosa -- 3. Government and Governance / Robert D. Lee -- 4. From Isfahan to the Internet: Islamic Theology in the Global Village / Anthony R. Byrd and Richard C. Martin -- 5. Piety and Devotion / Carl W. Ernst -- 6. The Multiple Faces of Islamic Education in a Secular Age / Malika Zeghal -- Part II: Themes and Trends: 7. Women and Gender in the Muslim World / Valentine M. Moghadam and Namrata Mitra -- 8. Islam, Social Networking, and the Cloud / Gary R. Bunt -- 9. Islam: Unbound and Global / Bruce B. Lawrence -- 10. Militant Movements / William Shepard -- 11. Secularization and the Search for an Authentic Muslim Modern / Jeffrey T. Kenney -- 12. Islam and Popular Culture / Mark Sedgwick -- Part III: Case Studies of Tradition and Change: 13. The Emergence of Media Preachers: Yusuf al-Qaradawi / Marcia Hermansen -- 14. Assertive Secularism, Islam, and Democracy in Turkey / Ahmet T. Kuru -- 15. The New Muslim Europe / Jørgen S. Nielsen -- 16. Routinizing the Iranian Revolution / Mohsen Kadivar -- 17. Muslim Advocacy in America / Kathleen M. Moore -- 18. Women and Islamic Law in Bangladesh: Finding a Space for the Fatwa / Tiffany A. Hodge -- 19. Far from Mecca: Modern Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia / Muhamad Ali -- 20. Politics and Islamization in African Public Spheres / Abdulkader Tayob -- Appendix: Maps and Tables -- Index

Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps, Graphs and Tables -- Foreword -- Part I: At Issue -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Focus on the United States -- 3: Global Perspectives -- Part II: Primary Sources -- 4: United States Documents -- 5: International Documents -- Part III: Research Tools -- 6: How to Research the Muslim World -- 7: Facts and Figures -- 8: Key Players: A to Z -- 9: Organizations and Agencies -- 10: Annotated Bibliography -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Index.