Reviews

"Beyond its contribution to a fuller and more nuanced interpretation of Mawdudi, Nasr's readable and carefully researched work raises important questions regarding the conventional Western interpretation of revivalist Islam....Highly recommended to all academic libraries and to public libraries concerned with the contemporary interaction of religion and politics."--Choice
"Thanks to impeccable scholarship of Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr and his splendid research, we now have a full-fledged account of Mawlana Mawdudi's lifetime undertaking of a reading of Islam compatible with the political and cultural imperatives of a colonized society. Nasr has produced a crucial text that considerably expands our understanding of the political circumstatnces under which contemporary versions of Islam are produced."--American Journal of
Sociology
"This volume is likely to become the classic source for information and analysis with reference to the life of Mawlana Mawdudi. Nasr provides much material which is not available alsewhere in English about the family background of Mawdudi."--The Review of Politics
"Nasr, through his persuasive knowledge of Islamic eschatology, mysticism, and his competence in Urdu, and his extensive field work, presents a comprehensive and equally objective study of an otherwise misunderstood Muslim thinker."--The Journal of Asian Studies
"Beyond its contribution to a fuller and more nuanced interpretation of Mawdudi, Nasr's readable and carefully researched work raises important questions regarding the conventional Western interpretation of revivalist Islam....Highly recommended to all academic libraries and to public libraries concerned with the contemporary interaction of religion and politics."--Choice
"Thanks to impeccable scholarship of Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr and his splendid research, we now have a full-fledged account of Mawlana Mawdudi's lifetime undertaking of a reading of Islam compatible with the political and cultural imperatives of a colonized society. Nasr has produced a crucial text that considerably expands our understanding of the political circumstatnces under which contemporary versions of Islam are produced."--American Journal of
Sociology
"This volume is likely to become the classic source for information and analysis with reference to the life of Mawlana Mawdudi. Nasr provides much material which is not available alsewhere in English about the family background of Mawdudi."--The Review of Politics
"Nasr, through his persuasive knowledge of Islamic eschatology, mysticism, and his competence in Urdu, and his extensive field work, presents a comprehensive and equally objective study of an otherwise misunderstood Muslim thinker."--The Journal of Asian Studies
"Vali Nasr's erudite study of Mawdudi and the making of Islamic revivalism is undoubtedly a work of great scholarship and research, almost unparalleled in its attempt to explain the phenomemon of Mawdudiat."--The Herald
"Because of Nasr's efforts, we now have a more rounded picture of this all-important figure in the Islamic revival and a clearer idea of the contexts in which his ideas emerged and changed."--American Historical Review