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The Renewal of Islam

Thinkers and Believers of the Modern Era

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The Renewal of Islam

Thinkers and Believers of the Modern Era

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Modern Islam is different, and it's constantly evolving.

This is the story of how Islam has been continuously updated since the nineteenth century to meet the challenges of the modern day. For Fitzroy Morrissey, historian and expert on the Islamic world, Muslim thinkers and believers are central to this transformation.

In this rigorous and engaging account, Morrissey examines how these thinkers and believers have reinterpreted the Muslim faith in their approaches to gender, politics and history; the modern history of Sunni-Shi'i and Muslim-non-Muslim relations; and contemporary efforts to establish moderate and progressive forms of Islam in response to the rise of Salafi-jihadism. He shows how over the past few centuries, the insights of contemporary Muslim thinkers have developed – and in some cases transformed – the meaning of the faith.

Authoritative and surprising, Thinkers and Believers is an essential read from a leading author in this field.

Product details

Published 12 Feb 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 368
ISBN 9781804542170
Imprint Apollo
Dimensions 234 x 153 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Fitzroy Morrissey

Fitzroy Morrissey is a historian of the Islamic wo…

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