Negotiating The Religious In Contemporary Everyday Life In The Islamic World

Author : Roman Loimeier
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Göttingen
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Islam
ISBN : 9783863954932

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Negotiating the Religious in Contemporary Everyday Life in the “Islamic World” by Roman Loimeier Pdf

The contributions to the present volume show that the countries that are often presented in the literature as forming part of a stereotypical and seemingly monolithic “Islamic world” in fact represent considerable diversity. From Iran to Senegal, we encounter a vast array of social and religious structures, historical trajectories, political regimes and relative positions of societies and individuals. We encounter also, in many different and often unexpected ways, the individual in multiple contexts. The present volume presents perspectives on everyday life in Muslim societies beyond the spectacular. From a broad academic background in Islamic and Iranian studies, social anthropology, sociology, philosophy and history, its contributors show that everyday life as well as religious practice in countries as diverse as Senegal, Niger, Egypt, Tunisia and Iran is not informed by one single “Islamic” tradition, but rather by multiple and often surprisingly different modes of religiosity and non-religiosity.

Author : Roman Loimeier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1256560794

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Negotiating the Religious in Contemporary Everyday Life in the "Islamic World" by Roman Loimeier Pdf

Author : Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674033764

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Islam and the Secular State by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im Pdf

What should be the place of Shari‘a—Islamic religious law—in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this ambitious and topical book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari‘a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies. An-Na‘im argues that the coercive enforcement of Shari‘a by the state betrays the Qur’an’s insistence on voluntary acceptance of Islam. Just as the state should be secure from the misuse of religious authority, Shari‘a should be freed from the control of the state. State policies or legislation must be based on civic reasons accessible to citizens of all religions. Showing that throughout the history of Islam, Islam and the state have normally been separate, An-Na‘im maintains that ideas of human rights and citizenship are more consistent with Islamic principles than with claims of a supposedly Islamic state to enforce Shari‘a. In fact, he suggests, the very idea of an “Islamic state” is based on European ideas of state and law, and not Shari‘a or the Islamic tradition. Bold, pragmatic, and deeply rooted in Islamic history and theology, Islam and the Secular State offers a workable future for the place of Shari‘a in Muslim societies.

Author : Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 0674027760

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Islam and the Secular State by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im Pdf

What should be the place of Shari‘a—Islamic religious law—in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this ambitious and topical book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari‘a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies. An-Na‘im argues that the coercive enforcement of Shari‘a by the state betrays the Qur’an’s insistence on voluntary acceptance of Islam. Just as the state should be secure from the misuse of religious authority, Shari‘a should be freed from the control of the state. State policies or legislation must be based on civic reasons accessible to citizens of all religions. Showing that throughout the history of Islam, Islam and the state have normally been separate, An-Na‘im maintains that ideas of human rights and citizenship are more consistent with Islamic principles than with claims of a supposedly Islamic state to enforce Shari‘a. In fact, he suggests, the very idea of an “Islamic state” is based on European ideas of state and law, and not Shari‘a or the Islamic tradition. Bold, pragmatic, and deeply rooted in Islamic history and theology, Islam and the Secular State offers a workable future for the place of Shari‘a in Muslim societies.

Author : Steffen Wippel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783110741155

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Branding the Middle East by Steffen Wippel Pdf

Author : Katja Föllmer,Lisa Maria Franke,Ramzi Ben Amara
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111341651

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Rethinking the Anthropology of Islam by Katja Föllmer,Lisa Maria Franke,Ramzi Ben Amara Pdf

The contributions of this volume discuss the broad field of transformation processes in Muslim societies from different perspectives with various disciplinary approaches. Apart from methodological questions the authors investigate religious and social developments in Africa and the Near and Middle East while focusing e.g. on the production of meaning, negotiation of religious values and spaces, gendered agency, and debates of identity.

Author : Rāshid Shāz
Publisher : Milli Publications
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Civilization, Islamic
ISBN : 818785605X

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Islam, Negotiating the Future by Rāshid Shāz Pdf

Author : Gabriele Marranci
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789048133628

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Muslim Societies and the Challenge of Secularization: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Gabriele Marranci Pdf

Scholars from various disciplines worked together to present the first interdisciplinary book to address the issue of Islam, secularism and globalization. The book has a clear structure which represents its interdisciplinary approach: the first section addresses the philosophical and historical discussion about Islam and secularism; the second section discusses the topic from an ethnographical and social anthropological viewpoint; and the final section addresses Islam, secularism and globalization from a political viewpoint. This unique collection not only offers innovative research and new material, it also provides empirical examples and theoretical debates, and could therefore also be used as a textbook for courses on Islam, globalization, anthropology, politics, sociology and law.

Author : Mark Woodward,Ronald Lukens-Bull
Publisher : Springer
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3319736531

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Handbook of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Lives by Mark Woodward,Ronald Lukens-Bull Pdf

This is a comprehensive handbook which for the first time provides a general yet detailed discussion of contemporary Islam and various aspects of Muslim lives. It offers a much needed tool for an introduction to the world of contemporary Muslim life and debate, and a link of continuity between the Muslim world and Muslims living and born in the West. The reader gains access to articles by leading scholars who observe phenomena in a post-9/11 context and from a global viewpoint. The topics have been carefully selected to provide the reader with both the necessary general view that a good handbook must offer while presenting details and information, as well as ethnographic examples, to inspire further research and interest. Indeed, each chapter will offer topical reading suggestions from which one can expand the material discussed in the chapter. The approach of the handbook is mainly social-anthropological, but attention is given to other disciplines like history, geography, political studies, as well as gender studies and cultural studies.

Author : Norshahril Saat
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789814786997

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Islam in Southeast Asia by Norshahril Saat Pdf

"Islam in the Malay world of Southeast Asia or Islam Nusantara, as it has come to be known, had for a long time been seen as representing the more spiritual and Sufi dimension of Islam, thereby striking a balance between the exoteric and the esoteric. This image of 'the smiling face of Islam' has been disturbed during the last decades with increasing calls for the implementation of Shari’ah, conceived of in a narrow manner, intolerant discourse against non-Muslim communities, and hate speech against minority Muslims such as the Shi’ites. There has also been what some have referred to as the Salafization of Sunni Muslims in the region. The chapters of this volume are written by scholars and activists from the region who are very perceptive of such trends in Malay world Islam and promise to improve our understanding of developments that are sometimes difficult to grapple with." — Professor Syed Farid Alatas, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

Author : Omid Safi
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807876985

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The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam by Omid Safi Pdf

The eleventh and twelfth centuries comprised a period of great significance in Islamic history. The Great Saljuqs, a Turkish-speaking tribe hailing from central Asia, ruled the eastern half of the Islamic world for a great portion of that time. In a far-reaching analysis that combines social, cultural, and political history, Omid Safi demonstrates how the Saljuqs tried to create a lasting political presence by joining forces with scholars and saints, among them a number of well-known Sufi Muslims, who functioned under state patronage. In order to legitimize their political power, Saljuq rulers presented themselves as champions of what they alleged was an orthodox and normative view of Islam. Their notion of religious orthodoxy was constructed by administrators in state-sponsored arenas such as madrasas and khanaqahs. Thus orthodoxy was linked to political loyalty, and disloyalty to the state was articulated in terms of religious heresy. Drawing on a vast reservoir of primary sources and eschewing anachronistic terms of analysis such as nationalism, Safi revises conventional views both of the Saljuqs as benevolent Muslim rulers and of the Sufis as timeless, ethereal mystics. He makes a significant contribution to understanding premodern Islam as well as illuminating the complex relationship between power and religious knowledge.

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134538119

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Islamic Life and Thought by Seyyed Hossein Nasr Pdf

This collection of essays by one of the best known contemporary Muslim scholars writing in English covers many facets of Islamic life and thought. The author has brought together studies dealing with the practical as well as intellectual aspects of Islam in both their historical and contemporary reality. The contemporary significance of themes such as religion and secularism, the meaning of freedom, and the tradition of Islamic science and philosophy is given particular attention.

Author : Jeffrey T. Kenney,Ebrahim Moosa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781135007959

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Islam in the Modern World by Jeffrey T. Kenney,Ebrahim Moosa Pdf

This comprehensive introduction explores the landscape of contemporary Islam. Written by a distinguished team of scholars, it: provides broad overviews of the developments, events, people and movements that have defined Islam in the three majority-Muslim regions traces the connections between traditional Islamic institutions and concerns, and their modern manifestations and transformations. How are medieval ideas, policies and practices refashioned to address modern circumstances investigates new themes and trends that are shaping the modern Muslim experience such as gender, fundamentalism, the media and secularisation offers case studies of Muslims and Islam in dynamic interaction with different societies. Islam in the Modern World includes illustrations, summaries, discussion points and suggestions for further reading that will aid understanding and revision. Additional resources are provided via a companion website.

Author : Mohammed A. Bamyeh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190280574

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Lifeworlds of Islam by Mohammed A. Bamyeh Pdf

How do old ideas continue to appear relevant in a modern world? A sociological approach to Islam allow us to approach an answer to this question. In Lifeworlds of Islam, Mohammed A. Bamyeh shows that Islam has typically operated not in the form of standard dogmas, but more often as a compass for practical individual orientations or "lifeworlds." Through a comprehensive sociological analysis of Islam, he maps out how Muslims have employed the faith to foster global networks, public philosophies, and engaged civic lives both historically and in the present. Bamyeh further argues that all three fields are poorly understood in recent literature, which tends to focus on one specific problem or another and does not take into account the variety of lifeworlds in which Islam operates. The book contends that the larger preoccupations of ordinary Muslims-how to imagine a global society, how to guide life in the manner of a total philosophy, and how to relate to the world of daily struggles in organized or semi-organized civic forums and social movements-are neither unique to the present period nor to religious life. They are rather shared universal quandaries. A focused empirical lens on the career of a religion, Lifeworlds of Islam contributes to the larger literature and provides insight into the nature of global citizenship, the philosophical needs of individuals, and the ethical values that foster social participation.

Author : Abdul Aziz Said,Mohammed Abu-Nimer,Meena Sharify-Funk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135988340

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Contemporary Islam by Abdul Aziz Said,Mohammed Abu-Nimer,Meena Sharify-Funk Pdf

Contemporary Islam provides a counterweight to the prevailing opinions of Islamic thought as conservative and static with a preference for violence over dialogue. It gathers together a collection of eminent scholars from around the world who tackle issues such as intellectual pluralism, gender, the ethics of political participation, human rights, non-violence and religious harmony. This is a highly topical and important study which gives a progressive outlook for Islam's role in modern politics and society.