Modernizing Islam

François Burgat (1, 2, 3, 4) , John Esposito , Bjorn Olav Utvik , Fariba Adelkhah , Baudouin Dupret , Connie Caroe Christiansen , Linda Herrera , Oussama Cherribi , Dilwar Hussain , Jocelyne Cesari

1 IREMAM - Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur les Mondes Arabes et Musulmans
2 CEDEJ - Centre d'études et de documentation économiques, juridiques et sociales
3 MMSH - Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'Homme
4 CEFAS - Centre Français d'Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales

In recent years,Islam has become a more visible force, not only in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia, but also in Western Europe and the United States.Modernizing Islam speaks to the significance, origins, influences, and implications of Islam's changes and thus to the various ways in which this religion is becoming a truly global force, shaping such realms as law, politics, education and ethics

Keywords: Islam; modernisation; religion; monde arabe; mondialisation; modernizing; public sphere

Domains: Political science

François Burgat, John Esposito, Bjorn Olav Utvik, Fariba Adelkhah, Baudouin Dupret, et al.. Modernizing Islam. John L. Esposito, François Burgat. Hurst and Company, pp.278, 2003. ⟨halshs-00201450⟩