Anthropology of Islam Reader

Name: Anthropology of Islam Reader
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ISBN: 9780415780254

ISBN-10: 041578025X

ISBN-13: 9780415780254

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jens Kreinath

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List price: $52.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 11/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 420
Size: 8.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Toward the anthropology of Islam: An introductory essay




Anthropological approaches to Islam


Conceptualizing Islam



Recognizing Islam: Religion and society in the modern Arab world




Islam observed: Religious development in Morocco and Indonesia



Approaching Islam



Beyond ideology and theology: The search for the anthropology of Islam




The idea of an anthropology of Islam




Religious practices of Islam


Daily prayers



Rehearsed spontaneity and the conventionality of ritual: Disciplines of "salatï¿½




"Between belief and unbelief lies the performance of salat: Meaning and efficacy of a Muslim ritual



Fasting during the month of Ramadan



The observance of Ramadan in Swahili-Land




Being good in Ramadan: Ambivalence, fragmentation, and the moral self in the lives of young Egyptians



Pilgrimage to Mecca



The social significance of the hajj for Thai Muslims




The strength in the song: Muslim personhood, audible capital, and Hausa women's performance of the Hajj



Feast of sacrifice



On scriptural essentialism and ritual variation: Muslim sacrifice in Sumatra and Morocco




"Sealing" the Koran: Offering and sacrifice among Pakistani labour migrants



Almsgiving



Reorganizing social welfare among Muslims: Islamic voluntarism and other forms of communal support in Northern Ghana




Financial worship: The Qur'anic injunction to almsgiving




Methodological reflections on the anthropology of Islam


Situating anthropology



Toward Islamic anthropology: Definition, dogma and directions




"Islamic anthropology" and anthropology of Islam"



Representing Islam



Covering Islam: How the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world




Islam obscured: The rhetoric of anthropological representation



Glossary of anthropological terms


Glossary of Islamic terms


Index