John R. Bowen (St Louis Washington University)

A New Anthropology of Islam

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Produktbeschreibung

This new study presents Islam in ways that emphasise practices, from praying and learning to judging and political organising. Starting at the heart of Islam - revelation and learning in Arabic lands - Bowen shows how Muslims have adapted its texts and traditions to ideas and conditions in Asia, Africa and Europe.

Produktdetails

• New Departures in Anthropology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780521529785
• ISBN-10: 0521529786
• Artikelnr.: 35406358

Autorenporträt

John R. Bowen is the Dunbar¿Van Cleve Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University, St Louis. His fieldwork in Indonesia, France and England, on topics ranging from poetics and political history to civil law reasoning and everyday forms of Islam, has spanned over thirty years. He has published widely on his research interests, and his Islam, Law and Equality in Indonesia (Cambridge, 2003) won the prize for best work from the Law and Society Association.

Inhaltsangabe

1. How to think about religions - Islam, for example
2. Learning
3. Perfecting piety through worship
4. Reshaping sacrifice
5. Healing and praying
6. Pious organizing
7. Judging
8. Migrating and adapting
9. Mobilizing.