Alternative Islamic discourses and religious authority

Introduction: alternative Islamic discourses and religious authority / Carool Kersten and Susanne Olsson -- Ijtihad and the derivation of new jurisprudence in contemporary shiʻism: the rulings of Ayatollah Bujnurdi / Liyakat Takim -- Judicial and rational challenges of the jurist's rule / Mohammad Fazlhashemi -- Muslims' perception of Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet Movement: accommodating or hindering modern Turkey? / Zeki Saritoprak -- A Turkish mahdi? Apocalypticism in Harun Yahya's daʻwa enterprise / Anne Ross Solberg -- ʻAmr Khaled on individual proactivity / Susanne Olsson -- Harmonious being: a space for an alternative way of exploring religion / Abdullah Hamidaddin -- Islamic post-traditionalism: revisiting tradition and the future of Islam in Indonesia -- Carool kersten -- Women's agency in transforming religious discourse: gender-sensitive interpretations of Islam in Indonesia / Ann Kull -- Treading a dangerous path? the use of Islam in women's rights advocacy / Nida Kirmani..

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-178) and index..