Can Islam Be French? Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State

Name: Can Islam Be French? Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
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ISBN: 9780691152493

ISBN-10: 0691152497

ISBN-13: 9780691152493

Edition: 2009

Authors: John R. Bowen

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Can Islam Be French?is an anthropological examination of how Muslims are responding to the conditions of life in France. Following up on his bookWhy the French Don't Like Headscarves, John Bowen turns his attention away from the perspectives of French non-Muslims to focus on those of the country's Muslims themselves. Bowen asks not the usual question--how well are Muslims integrating in France?--but, rather, how do French Muslims think about Islam? In particular, Bowen examines how French Muslims are fashioning new Islamic institutions and developing new ways of reasoning and teaching. He looks at some of the quite distinct ways in which mosques have connected with broader social and…

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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/18/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.57" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.792