Recognizing Islam
Religion and Society in the Modern Middle East
Published in October 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-85043-297-5 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on his own work in cities, villages and tribal communities of the region, Gilsenan provides an analysis of the role of religion in the Middle East. He explores religious activity in various of settings, considers the effect of colonialism, and examines Islamic responses to the modern world.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 137 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85043-297-5 (9781850432975)
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Content
An anthropologist's introduction; the men of learning and authority; the community of suffering and the world reversed; the operations of grace; miracles and worldly power - lords and sheiks in North Lebanon; sheiks and the inner secrets; everywhere and nowhere - forms of Islam in North Africa; forming and transforming space; the sacred in the city; the world turned inside out - forms of Islam in Egypt; Islamic signs and interrogations; afterword - a way of walking.