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Islam in the middle East

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford; Blackwell Publishing; 2007Description: 348pISBN:
  • 9781450116022
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  • 297.0956 MAK
Summary: This concise book offers a nuanced introduction to Islam in the Middle East. It presentsIslam as both a unified tradition of theological dogma and practices that transcends cultural differences and as a dynamic tradition that is historically informed, locally shaped, and continually reinterpreted. Offers numerous ethnographic examples from the Middle East and North Africa;Explores key concepts, including the doctrinal foundations of Islam; the role of religious scholars; the five pillars; and Islamic “orthodoxy”;Includes discussion of spirit-possession cults as integral part of Islamic tradition;Introduces politics and current affairs as key elements in understanding contemporary Islamic discourse.
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This concise book offers a nuanced introduction to Islam in the Middle East. It presentsIslam as both a unified tradition of theological dogma and practices that transcends cultural differences and as a dynamic tradition that is historically informed, locally shaped, and continually reinterpreted.

Offers numerous ethnographic examples from the Middle East and North Africa;Explores key concepts, including the doctrinal foundations of Islam; the role of religious scholars; the five pillars; and Islamic “orthodoxy”;Includes discussion of spirit-possession cults as integral part of Islamic tradition;Introduces politics and current affairs as key elements in understanding contemporary Islamic discourse.

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