Islam, Civility and Political Culture

Milad Milani is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Western Sydney University, Australia. Vassilios Adrahtas is Honorary Research Fellow at Macquarie University, Australia.

1. Introduction: Eschaton and Civility in Islamic History; Milad Milani.- 2. The Quandary of Modernity: Islam and Civility; Milad Milani & Vassilios Adrahtas.- 3. Islamic Civility: Narrative Habitus and Institution; Armando Salvatore.- 4. Good Behaviour: Islam and Christianity as Framework for Religious Life; Bryan S. Turner.- 5. Considerations in Hadith and Qur'an: Text and Interpretation in a Study of Civility; Aisha Y. Musa.- 6. Court Culture of Literature and Poetry: Indo-Persian Notions of Civility; Prashant Keshavmurthy.- 6. The Limits of Islamic Civility in India; Prashant Keshavmurthy.- 7. Islam Divided: The Underlying Political Culture of the Conflict between the Sunni and the Shi'a; Vassilis Adrahtas & Milad Milani.- 8. The Paradox of Gendered Holiness in Islamic Mysticism; Milad Milani & Marley Krok.- 9. Conclusion: The Prospect of an Eschatological Civility; Vassilis Adrahtas.