Western Christians in the twentieth century viewed Islam through a lens of social and political concerns that would have appeared novel to their medieval and early-modern predecessors. Concerns about the predicament of secular 'modernity' infused Christian discourse with distinct assumptions that shaped engagement with Islam in fundamentally new ways. J. N. D. (Norman) Anderson (1908-94), a highly influential British Christian scholar of Islam, embodied this new orientation in his commitment to 'modernize' Islam. Anderson's engagement with Islam as a missionary, intelligence agent, scholar of Islamic law and advisor to various Muslim governments, spanned multiple decades and continents. As well as shaping Western understandings of Islamic law and its application, he was involved in debates about the end of the British Empire and the transformation of Christian missions following formal decolonization. Because of Anderson's location at the intersection of so many different debates concerning Islam, his life provides unique insights into the ways in which Christians reconfigured their response to Islam in the last century. Given Christianity's continued influence on British and American ideas about Islam, this study provides crucial insight into the persistent focus on 'modernizing' and 'secularizing' Islam today.

Norman Anderson and the Christian Mission to Modernize Islam

Thompson, Todd

Biographies & Memoirs

Oxford University Press

Mountain of Storms: The American Expeditions to Dhaulagiri, 1969 & 1973

Sports & Outdoors

Harvard, Andrew

Mountaineering

New York University Press

To Sell or Not to Sell... Employer Retirement Plans is a “how-to” guide for financial advisors who sell or are interested in selling corporate retirement plans. If they already sell corporate retirement plans, it will help them sell more. If they do not currently sell corporate retirement plans, it will convince them why they should, and how they can get started. The objective of this book is to alert financial advisors to the significant opportunities in selling corporate retirement plans and to provide them with a roadmap to building a successful retirement plans practice. The book’s co-authors, Tom Foster and Todd Thompson, both senior retirement plan sales professionals with The Hartford, together have approximately 45 years experience working with financial advisors to help them build their retirement plans practice. The book draws on the unique experiences, lessons learned and humorous anecdotes of the authors.

To Sell or Not to Sell...Employer Retirement Plans: The Financial Advisor's Roadmap to a Successful Retirement Plans Practice

Business & Money

Foster, Tom

Economics

Kaplan Publishing

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