{"product_id":"rethinking-islamic-modernism-religious-identity-and-community-in-colonial-north-india-paperback","title":"Rethinking Islamic Modernism: Religious Identity and Community in Colonial North India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria-Magdalena Pruss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Muslim modernist thinkers and writers in South Asia demanded a reconciliation between Islam and European thought in response to a perceived crisis of Islam. In the ensuing modernist movements, newly founded voluntary associations and their lay members played a crucial role in popularizing and disseminating modernist ideas on the ground, transforming definitions of both religious identity and community in the process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough an in-depth and multifaceted historical analysis of one of the foremost Muslim associations of colonial North India, the Society for the Defence of Islam (Anjuman-i Himayat-i Islam, established 1884 in Lahore), Maria-Magdalena Pruss proposes a nuanced understanding of Islamic modernism as a mode of thought, highlighting its internal diversity and complex development over a period of more than sixty years. The evolution of this influential association reveals the role and work of lay people, who are shown to be a highly active force in defining and redefining Muslim religious identity through social and educational reform, community welfare initiatives, polemical and apologetic publications, and debates - both within and outside the Muslim community - as well as anti-colonial and nationalist activism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTurning the spotlight away from religious scholars and drawing from extensive, previously untapped local archives and vernacular source materials, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Islamic Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers alternative and localized genealogies of Islamic modernism and makes a compelling argument for taking modernism seriously as a religious tradition in its own right.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria-Magdalena Pruss is a postdoctoral fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48639765250297,"sku":"9780228027041","price":68.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/9siX4NVEli9780228027041.webp?v=1783318655","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/rethinking-islamic-modernism-religious-identity-and-community-in-colonial-north-india-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}