The culture of Islam
Subtitle: changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life
By: Lawrence Rosen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic; East and West; Ethnology -- Morocco; Religion and culture; Religion and politics -- Morocco; Morocco -- Social life and customs
Description: 'The Culture of Islam' is both an antidote to simplified versions of Islam circulating today and a consistent story of the continuities that account for much of ordinary Muslim life. It offers, in its human stories and its insights, its own contribution, as the author says, 'to the mutual understanding and forgiveness that alone will make true peace possible'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index
Table of contents: title: The circle of beneficence : narrating coherence in a world of corruption; title: Ambivalence towards power : approaches to authority in postcolonial Morocco; title: What is a tribe, and why does it matter?; title: Constructing institutions in a political culture of personalism; title: Contesting sainthood; title: Memory in Morocco; title: Have the Arabs changed their mind?; title: Marriage stories : crossing the boundaries of nation, gender, and law; title: Euro-Islam; title: Never in doubt : Salman Rushdie's deeper challenge to Islam