Voll, John Obert 1936-

Islam, continuity and change in the modern world by John Obert Voll( Book )

16 editions published between 1982 and 1994 in English and held by 1,191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a single-volume history of Islam. The opening chapters briefly discuss the historical background of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century, through the rise of the Islam in 18th through 20th centuries. The final two chapters cover the significant events of the 1980s and 1990s

Islam and democracy by John L Esposito( Book )

21 editions published between 1996 and 2000 in 6 languages and held by 1,036 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Are Islam and democracy on a collision course? Do Islamic movements seek to "hijack democracy"? How have governments in the Muslim world responded to the many challenges of Islam and democracy today?" "A global religious resurgence and calls for greater political participation have been major forces in the post-Cold War period. Across the Muslim world, governments and Islamic movements grapple with issues of democratization and civil society. Islam and Democracy explores the Islamic sources (beliefs and institutions) relevant to the current debate over greater political participation and democratization." "Esposito and Voll use six case studies - Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Sudan - to look at the diversity of Muslim experiences and experiments. At one end of the spectrum, Iran and Sudan represent two cases of militant, revolutionary Islam establishing political systems. In Pakistan and Malaysia, however, the new movements have been recognized and made part of the political process. Egypt and Algeria reveal the coexistence of both extremist and moderate Islamic activism and demonstrate the complex challenges confronting ruling elites. These case studies prove that despite commonalities, differing national contexts and identities give rise to a multiplicity of agendas and strategies."--Jacket

Historical dictionary of the Sudan by John Obert Voll( Book )

21 editions published between 1978 and 1992 in English and held by 863 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Republic of the Sudan was long the largest country in Africa and, according to the general consensus, also one of the least successful in many ways. This was not entirely its fault since it lay along the fault line between Muslim and Christian Africa and between the Nile Valley civilizations and African Sudanic cultures. This partly explains the long and bloody warfare waged by the Southerners to achieve independence, which they did in July 2011. So this hefty book actually covers not one but two states. This fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Sudan does so, first, through a lengthy and detailed chronology tracing its relatively few successes and numerous failures. The introductory essay does an admirable job of putting it all in perspective. But the most informative part is the dictionary, with now over 700 entries for this fourth edition. They deal with important personalities, politics, the economy, society, culture, religion and inevitably the civil war. There are also appendixes and an extensive bibliography

Makers of contemporary Islam by John L Esposito( Book )

21 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 760 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Drawing on their decades of research across the breadth of the Muslim world, Esposito and Voll introduce the pivotal role played by activist intellectuals, and then present the lives and work of nine individuals chosen to provide a balanced picture of the enormous variety--both geopolitical and ideological--in the contemporary Muslim world. [This book] is an ideal companion piece to Esposito and Voll's Islam and Democracy and Esposito's Voices of Resurgent Islam

The contemporary Islamic revival : a critical survey and bibliography by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad( Book )

7 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 486 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Sudan : unity and diversity in a multicultural state by John Obert Voll( Book )

9 editions published between 1985 and 2017 in English and held by 423 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sudan : state and society in crisis( Book )

8 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 377 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Eighteenth-century renewal and reform in Islam by Nehemia Levtzion( Book )

9 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Asian Islam in the 21st century by John L Esposito( Book )

13 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 337 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Asian Islam in the 21st century is divided into two sections: religion, politics and society in major Muslim majority countries and ethnic and religious politics in Muslim minority communities. Muslims in Asia are affacted by what is happening in the Arab Middle East and the Western part of the Islamic world

Islam and democracy after the Arab Spring by John L Esposito( Book )

16 editions published between 2015 and 2016 in English and held by 295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The landscape of the Middle East has changed dramatically since 2011, as have the political arena and the discourse around democracy. InIslam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Tamara Sonn examine the state of democracy in Muslim-majority societies today. Applying a twenty-first century perspective to the question of whether Islam is "compatible" with democracy, they redirect the conversation toward a new politics of democracy that transcends both secular authoritarianism and Political Islam. --Publisher