Publication

2012 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

54,750 words, Guess

Page Count

219 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780521822824
  • ISBN-139780521529785
  • ISBN-100521822823
  • ISBN-100521529786
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012010632
and 5 more
  • OCLC Control Number815281982
  • OCLC Control Number712777451
  • Better World Books9780521822824
  • Better World Books9780521529785
  • Open LibraryOL25260135M

Classifications

  • DDC306.6/97
  • LCCBP173.25 .B69 2012
  • LCCGN641

Description

"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 Indonesia, Africa, Pakistan 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"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • New departures in anthropology

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