Reforming Muslims in Modernity

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract This chapter explores modern Islamic televangelism in relation to Islamic reform. It opens by contextualizing this recent phenomenon within the two horizons of the premodern Islamic past and the changes of modernity. While they represent something new, Muslim televangelists still build on older patterns, such as Islam’s founding disposition toward reform and status as a “preacher’s religion.” At the same time, one cannot understand the rise of Islamic televangelism without also understanding modern transformations. These include a widespread “turn to the masses” among Muslim religious leaders, a trend toward democratization, and the rise and embrace of modern technologies. Against this backdrop, first, the chapter provides a global survey of diverse Muslim televangelists and their varied reform-oriented activities. Second, it turns to an extended case study of a particular Muslim televangelist, Zakir Naik. Finally, it draws out several conclusions regarding what Islamic televangelism suggests about the nature of Islamic reform in modernity.
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Authors Matthew J. Kuiper
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197532805.013.37
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197532805.013.37
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