Public Islam and the Common Good

Armando Salvatore is Reader in Comparative Historical Sociology and Social Theory at Humboldt University, Berlin. His recent books include Religion, Social Practice, and Contested Hegemonies (2005, coedited with Mark LeVine), Islam in Process: Historical and Civilizational Perspectives (2006, coedited with Johann P. Arnason and Georg Stauth), and The Public Sphere: Between Tradition and Modernity (2007).
Dale F. Eickelman is Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations at Dartmouth College (USA). His recent books include The Middle East and Central Asia: An Anthropological Approach, 4th ed. (2002) and, coauthored with James Piscatori, Muslim Politics, new ed. (2003). He also coedited with Jon W. Anderson New Media in the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere, 2nd ed. (2003).