Engaging the Madrasa

Ebrahim Moosa is the Mirza Family Professor of Islamic Thought and Muslim Societies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of many books, including What Is a Madrasa? and Ghazālī and the Poetics of Imagination.Joshua Lupo is the assistant director of the Contending Modernities research initiative at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. With Atalia Omer, he is the co-editor of, most recently, Religion, Modernity, and the Global Afterlives of Colonialism.

"The work of this volume opens vistas. Within its pages one finds an impressive array of perspectives dedicated to broadening the epistemic horizons of the contemporary madrasa context in dynamic and needed ways. Whether dealing with law and theology or science and pedagogy, each contributor guides us through their respective field of concern with erudition, sophistication, and care." —Martin Nguyen, author of Modern Muslim Theology"This marvelous volume details the madrasa tradition, helping us to better understand the complexities involved. It is that rare collection, filled not only with erudition but also with hope." —Amir Hussain, author of One God and Two Religions

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Ebrahim Moosa and Joshua Lupo1. Between Tradition and Technological Change: Ethical Bearings in a Digital Age by Ebrahim Moosa2. Egalitarian Turn as Copernican Revolution Theorizing Continuity and Change in Islamic Theology and Law by Mahan Mirza3. Muslim Scholars, Islamic Studies, and the Gendered Academy: Contingent Reflections by Kecia Ali4. Tawḥīd, Transcendence, and Contingency in Islamic Thought by Marcia Hermansen5. The Problem of the Qur'an's Esoteric Interpretation (Taʾwīl): An Examination of Classical and Modernist Thought with Special Reference to Ibn Rushd by Waris Mazhari, translated by SherAli Tareen6. Pedagogical Politics and the Formation of the Muslim Subject in the Era of the Nation-State by Mashal Saif7. Rethinking Muslim Political Theology by Ammar Khan Nasir, translated by SherAli TareenPostscript. Tradition, Change, and Community in Madrasa Discourses by Joshua S. LupoContributor Biographies