Thinkers and Believers: The Making of Modern Islam

Author/Contributor(s):	Morrissey, Fitzroy
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	09/08/2026
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Fitzroy Morrissey's concise and illuminating book provides a history of modern Islamic thought, highlights the various ways in which Muslim thinkers in the modern era (18th-21st centuries) have reshaped Islam through a creative engagement with the classical traditions of Islamic thought. It offers general readers a detailed overview of the key Muslim thinkers of the period and the major texts, providing an incisive comprehensive survey of major trends and developments in modern Islamic thought, from literalism to liberalism and mysticism to modernism.