Mullahs on the Mainframe Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras

Name: Mullahs on the Mainframe Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras
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ISBN: 9780226056760

ISBN-10: 0226056767

ISBN-13: 9780226056760

Edition: 2001

Authors: Jonah Blank

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In Jonah Blank's important, myth-shattering book, the West gets its first look at the Daudi Bohras, a unique Muslim denomination who have found the core of their religious beliefs largely compatible with modern ideology. Combining orthodox Muslim prayer, dress, and practice with secular education, relative gender equality, and Internet use, this community serves as a surprising reminder that the central values of "modernity" are hardly limited to the West.

Book details

List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/15/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 426
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Ethnography



Historical Background: The Roots of the Faith



Rituals of a Daudi Bohra Life



Rituals of the Daudi Bohra Year



Bohra Domestic Life: Kinship, Sex, and the Status of Women



Qasr-e Ali: The Royals



Analysis



Maintenance of Spiritual and Political Hegemony



Specifics of Orthopraxy: Dress and Economics



Education



Dissidents and Control



Conclusion


Appendixes



Line of Musta'li Tayyibi Ismaili Imams



Line of Daudi Bohra Da'is



Questionnaire Used for Issuing Certificates of Orthopraxy



Analysis of Gulshan-e Malumat Data



Kinship Ties of the Daudi Bohra Da'is


Bibliographical Discussion


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index