Bruce B. Lawrence Reader
Bruce B. Lawrence Reader Over the course of his career, Bruce B. This Reader assembles over two dozen selections of Lawrence's key writings, which range from analyses of premodern and modern Islamic…
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Bruce B. Lawrence Reader
Over the course of his career, Bruce B. This Reader assembles over two dozen selections of Lawrence's key writings, which range from analyses of premodern and modern Islamic discourses, practices, and institutions to methodological reflections on the contextual study of religion. Lawrence has explored the central elements of Islamicate civilization and Muslim networks.
Throughout, Lawrence attributes the resilience of Islam to its cosmopolitan character and Muslims' engagement in cross-cultural dialogue. Six methodologies serve as the organizing rubric: theorizing Islam, revaluing Muslim comparativists, translating Sufism, deconstructing religious modernity, networking Muslims, and reflecting on the Divine. Several essays also address the central role of institutional Sufism in various phases and domains of Islamic history.
The volume concludes with Lawrence's reflections on