In The Promise of Piety, Arsalan Khan examines the zealous
commitment to a distinct form of face-to-face preaching (dawat)
among Pakistani Tablighis, practitioners of the transnational
Islamic piety movement the Tablighi Jamaat. This group says that
Muslims have abandoned their religious duties for worldly pursuits,
creating a state of moral chaos apparent in the breakdown of
relationships in the family, nation, and global Islamic community.
Tablighis insist that this dire situation can only be remedied by
drawing Muslims back to Islam through dawat, which they regard as
the sacred means for spreading Islamic virtue. In a country founded
in the name of Muslim identity and where Islam is ubiquitous in
public life, the Tablighi claim that Pakistani Muslims have
abandoned Islam is particularly striking. The Promise of Piety
shows how Tablighis constitute a distinct form of pious
relationality in the ritual processes and everyday practices of
dawat and how pious relationality serves as a basis for
transforming domestic and public life. Khan explores both the
promise and limits of the Tablighi project of creating an Islamic
moral order that can transcend the political fragmentation and
violence of life in postcolonial Pakistan.
General
| Imprint: |
Cornell University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2024 |
| Authors: |
Arsalan Khan
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
234 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5017-7357-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-5017-7357-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781501773570 |
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