ISBN:
9780521529785
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1283575027
,
9780521822824
,
9781283575027
,
9781139526791
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 219 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
New departures in anthropology
Parallel Title:
Print version A New Anthropology of Islam
DDC:
306.6/97
Keywords:
Islamic sociology
;
Anthropology of religion
Abstract:
This powerful, accessible new study explores the contributions that anthropology has made to the study and understanding of Islam
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; A NEW ANTHROPOLOGY OF ISLAM; NEW DEPARTURES IN ANTHROPOLOGY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on transliteration; ONE: How to think about religions - Islam, for example; TWO: Learning; Interpretive practice; Schooling; Modern madrasas; Learning Islam as a system; Boundaries and song; THREE: Perfecting piety through worship; Submission through salat; Social performatives; Beyond prayer; Preacher and congregation; Wearing Islamic dress on three continents; FOUR: Reshaping sacrifice; Moroccan models; Indonesian contrasts; Modernist critiques
Description / Table of Contents:
Adapting sacrifice to FranceTrust and timing; FIVE: Healing and praying; Prayer and spells; Healing Muslims - and Hindus?; Negotiating religious boundaries; SIX: Pious organizing; Shrines and sheikhs; Political economies of salvation; Global movements; SEVEN: Judging; Sifting through competing claims in Morocco; Bargaining for a divorce in Iran; Arguing for a fair division in Indonesia; EIGHT: Migrating and adapting; Shariah councils in localizing Britain; North Africans in centralized France; Religion-state ambiguities in the United States; NINE: Mobilizing; Predication and politics in Egypt
Description / Table of Contents:
Schools and transnational Islamic movements: the Deobandi caseVarieties of jihad; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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