Handbook of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Lives [electronic resource] /
Woodward, Mark.editor.
Lukens-Bull, Ronald.editor.
This is a comprehensive handbook which for the first time provides a general yet detailed discussion of contemporary Islam and various aspects of Muslim lives. It offers a much needed tool for an introduction to the world of contemporary Muslim life and debate, and a link of continuity between the Muslim world and Muslims living and born in the West. The reader gains access to articles by leading scholars who observe phenomena in a post-9/11 context and from a global viewpoint. The topics have been carefully selected to provide the reader with both the necessary general view that a good handbook must offer while presenting details and information, as well as ethnographic examples, to inspire further research and interest. Indeed, each chapter will offer topical reading suggestions from which one can expand the material discussed in the chapter. The approach of the handbook is mainly social-anthropological, but attention is given to other disciplines like history, geography, political studies, as well as gender studies and cultural studies.
Section A - Islam: Short Introduction -- From the Beginning -- The Sacred Texts --  Sacred Law -- Rituals in Islam -- Shi’a Islam5 -- Sufism -- The Ahmediyya -- Contemporary Muslim Thinkers -- Section B - Contemporary Muslim Communities: an Overview -- Muslims in Northern Europe  -- Muslims in Eastern Europe -- Muslims in Southern Europe -- Muslims in North America --  Muslims in South America -- Muslims in Australia and New Zealand -- Muslims in North Africa -- Muslims in East Africa  -- Muslims in West Africa -- Muslims in South Africa -- Muslims in the Middle East -- Muslims in Central Asia -- Muslims in South Asia -- Muslims in Southeast Asia -- Section C - Muslims and Contemporary Politics -- Democracy 6 -- Secularism --  Nationalism -- Back to the Khalifa? -- Globalism -- Extremism -- Terrorism --  Human Rights -- Section D - Material Culture -- Contemporary Muslim Architecture 7 -- Contemporary Muslim Art -- Muslim Films -- Muslim Comedy -- Muslim Popular Music -- Muslim Fashion -- Section E - Muslims and Gender -- Muslim Women: Contemporary Debates -- Muslim Feminism -- Muslims and Masculinity: Contemporary Debates 8 -- Non-Heterosexual Muslims -- Section F - Islamic Education -- The Madrasa -- Islamic Education in the West -- Madrasas and Extremism? -- Contemporary Approaches to Islamic Education -- Section G - Age and Generations -- Muslim Families -- Marriage -- Religiosity and Generation Gap -- Muslim Migrants and Their Children in the West -- Section H - Contemporary Islamic Finance -- What is Islamic Finance -- Contemporary Islamic Finance -- Islamic Finance in the West -- Section I - Muslims and the Internet --  A Cyber Ummah? -- Learning Islam on the Net10 -- Muslim Women and the Internet -- Cyber Fatwas -- Cyber Terrorism -- Conclusions -- Glossary -- Index.
This is a comprehensive handbook which for the first time provides a general yet detailed discussion of contemporary Islam and various aspects of Muslim lives. It offers a much needed tool for an introduction to the world of contemporary Muslim life and debate, and a link of continuity between the Muslim world and Muslims living and born in the West. The reader gains access to articles by leading scholars who observe phenomena in a post-9/11 context and from a global viewpoint. The topics have been carefully selected to provide the reader with both the necessary general view that a good handbook must offer while presenting details and information, as well as ethnographic examples, to inspire further research and interest. Indeed, each chapter will offer topical reading suggestions from which one can expand the material discussed in the chapter. The approach of the handbook is mainly social-anthropological, but attention is given to other disciplines like history, geography, political studies, as well as gender studies and cultural studies.
Religion.
Anthropology.
Religious Studies, general.
Sociology, general.
Anthropology.