Articulating Islam: Anthropological Approaches to Muslim Worlds

By Marsden

Book Overview

Introduction.- Magnus Marsden & Konstantinos Retsikas.- Shuraf? as cosmopolitans: Islam, genealogy and hierarchy in the Central Sahara Judith Scheele.- Death and the spirit of patriarchy in western India Edward Simpson.- . On the skills to navigate the world, and religion, for coastal Muslims in Kenya Kai Kresse.- Beyond Islam: tradition and the intelligibility of experience Johan Rasanayagam.- Becoming sacred: humanity and divinity in East Java, Indonesia Konstantinos Retsikas.- Self-similarity and its perils Gabriele vom Bruck.- The universal and the particular in rural Xinjiang: ritual commensality and the mosque community Chris Hann.- Apolitical "Islamisation"? On the limits of religiosity in montane Morocco Matthew Carey.- Integrity and commitment in the anthropology of Islam Morgan Clarke.- Fieldwork in Pakistan and Afghanistan compared Magnus Marsden.- 11.Afterword: De-exceptionalising Islam Simon Coleman.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400795971
• ISBN13: 9789400795976
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"