Reconfiguring Islamic TraditionSamira Haj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of two Muslim reformersMuhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab (17031787) and Muhammad 'Abduh (18491905)each representative of a distinct trend, chronological as well as philosophical, in modern Islam. Their works are examined primarily through the prism of two conceptual questions: the idea of the modern and the formation of a Muslim subject. Approaching Islam through the works of these two Muslims, she