A contest is afoot in Muslim discourses around the world in the
twenty-first century. Prevalent norms and acts are subject to
competing motivations, trends and forces. The image of a monolithic
Islam is thus wholly inadequate to identify and interpret the
different expressions of Muslim thought and practice in their
specific yet connected contexts. This book proposes competing and
persuasive perspectives for interpreting what Muslims say, do and
think in collective settings or in the light of common frames of
reference. The chapters contained in this book reflect a diversity
of disciplines and interests. Nonetheless, a common thread of the
preoccupation with meanings in context unites the contributors and
the approaches to their chosen examples. Islam is not a discrete
category that is taken for granted. Instead, the cacophony of
voices in the Muslim world situated in specific contexts, variously
national, regional or global, is allowed to inform each chapter.
Here one encounters contemporary Muslims participating in
discourses with a contested character that create opportunities to
augment or question orthodox dictates or transmit or alter existing
beliefs and practices. What emerges are nuanced portraits of
contemporary Muslim thought and practice that reveal a far from
monolithic Islam to which all things Islamic can be reduced.
General
| Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Critical Perspectives on Religion in International Politics |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| Editors: |
Emi Goto
• Mohammed Moussa
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
220 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5381-5094-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-5381-5094-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781538150948 |
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