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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814510003321

Autore

Bowen John Richard <1951->

Titolo

A new anthropology of Islam / / John R. Bowen [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-53961-2

1-107-22551-5

1-139-53145-X

1-283-57502-7

1-139-04598-9

9786613887474

1-139-52679-0

1-139-52798-3

1-139-52559-X

1-139-53026-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

New departures in anthropology

Classificazione

SOC002010

Disciplina

306.6/97

Soggetti

Islamic sociology

Anthropology of religion - Islamic countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Sommario/riassunto

In this powerful, but accessible new study, John Bowen draws on a full range of work in social anthropology to present Islam in ways that emphasise its constitutive 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 Islamic texts and traditions to ideas and conditions in the societies in which they live. Returning to key case studies in Asia, Africa and Western Europe, to explore each major domain of Islamic religious and social life, Bowen also considers the theoretical advances in social



anthropology that have come out of the study of Islam. A New Anthropology of Islam is essential reading for all those interested in the study of Islam and for those following new developments in the discipline of anthropology.