Abstract
It is not possible to read the excellent articles that are contained in this Special Issue of Religions without reflecting on the development of the study of British Muslim religious life over the past 30 years [...]
Highlights
Throughout the articles, one theme that reoccurs repeatedly is that of representation, revealing a complex and creative intermingling of traditional religious authorities, individual rationalising, and the practice of Islam
It would have been easy for the authors to draw conclusions based on a binary contradiction between Islamic orthodoxies and the disruptive inroads of modernity
There are no essentialised, overly linear models of orthodoxy and heterodoxy in the development of Islam; instead, the authors acknowledge that it is has been the norm over the centuries for Muslim civilisations to demonstrate flexibility and transformation, as their rapid spread led to a multitude of variant localised currents that gave a local flavour
Summary
Throughout the articles, one theme that reoccurs repeatedly is that of representation, revealing a complex and creative intermingling of traditional religious authorities, individual rationalising, and the practice of Islam.
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