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Oxford University Press, USA Contradictory Lives Baul Women In India And Bangladesh
Book SynopsisIn literature and popular imagination, the Bauls of India and Bangladesh are characterized as musical mystics: orange-clad nomads of both Hindu and Muslim backgrounds who wander the countryside and entertain with their passionate singing and unusual behavior. Although Bauls claim to value women over men, little is known about the individual views and experiences of Baul women. Based on ethnographic research, this book explores the everyday lives of Baul women. Knight demonstrates that Baul women respond to the conflicting expectations imposed on them in various ways, sometimes adopting and other times subverting local gendered norms to craft meaningful lives. More so than their male counterparts, Baul women feel encumbered by norms. But rather than seeing Baul women''s normative behavior as indicative of their conformity to gendered roles (and, therefore, failures as Bauls), Knight argues that these women creatively draw on societal expectations to transcend their social limits and create new paths.Trade ReviewThe dominant tropes imagined for the Baul tradition of eastern India and Bangladesh are constructed around male models: the wandering mistrel carrying his ektara instrument who engages in esoteric ritual practices. Lisa Knight's sensitive ethnography, however, fills in the significant lacunae of the lives and practices of Baul women. She artfully analyzes the ways in which these women bridge the contradictory expectations of Baul traditions as 'wanderers' and those of the non-Baul communities as respectable, settled Bengali householders. This study will significantly impact the ways in which readers understand Baul traditions, asceticism, boundaries of religious identities, and women's agency and performance in South Asia. * Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, author of In Amma's Healing Room: Gender & Vernacular Islam in South India. *Table of ContentsNote on Diacritics, Transliteration, and Names ; List of Maps and Figures ; Part 1: Multiple Sites ; 1. Finding Baul Women ; 2. "Real Bauls Live under Trees:" Imaginings and the Marginalization of Baul Women ; 3. "I've Done Nothing Wrong:" Feminine Respectibility and Baul Expectations ; Part 2: Negotiations ; 4. Negotiating between Paradigms of the Good Baul and the Good Woman ; 5. "Do Not Neglect This Golden Body of Yours:" Personal and Social Transformation through Baul Songs ; 6. Renouncing Expectations ; Concluding Thoughts ; Glossry ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
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Taylor & Francis Islam and Biomedical Research Ethics Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
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Taylor & Francis Rethinking Madrasah Education in a Globalised World
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Taylor & Francis Curriculum Renewal for Islamic Education Critical Perspectives on Teaching Islam in Primary and Secondary Schools Routledge Research in Religion and Education
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Taylor & Francis Contemporary Approaches to the QurÊan and its Interpretation in Iran
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Taylor & Francis Muslim Piety as Economy Markets Meaning and Morality in Southeast Asia Studies in Material Religion and Spirituality
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Muslim Women in Contemporary North America
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Taylor & Francis Religion Media and Conversion in Iran
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Taylor & Francis Original Islam Malik and the Madhhab of Madina Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Hadrami Arabs in Presentday Indonesia
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Taylor & Francis Original Islam Malik and the Madhhab of Madina Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Islamic Extremism in Kuwait From the Muslim Brotherhood to AlQaeda and other Islamic Political Groups 17 Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Handbook of Islamic Law
Book SynopsisThis handbook is a detailed reference source comprising original articles covering the origins, history, theory and practice of Islamic law. The handbook starts out by dealing with the question of what type of law is Islamic law and includes a critical analysis of the pedagogical approaches to studying and analysing Islamic law as a discipline. The handbook covers a broad range of issues, including the role of ethics in Islamic jurisprudence, the mechanics and processes of interpretation, the purposes and objectives of Islamic law, constitutional law and secularism, gender, bioethics, Muslim minorities in the West, jihad and terrorism. Previous publications on this topic have approached Islamic law from a variety of disciplinary and pedagogical perspectives. One of the original features of this handbook is that it treats Islamic law as a legal discipline by taking into account the historical functions and processes of legal cultures and the patterns of legal thought.WiTable of Contents1: I. Approaches and the State of the Field; 2: II. What Type of Law Is Islamic Law?; 3: Part One: Jurisprudence and Ethics; 4: Chapter 1: Shariʿah, Natural Law and the Original State; 5: Chapter 2: "God Cannot be Harmed": On Ḥuqūq Allah/Ḥuqūq al-ʿIbād Continuim; 6: Chapter 3: Balancing this World and Next: Obligation in Islamic Jurisprudence; 7: Chapter 4: Divine Command Ethics in the Islamic Legal Tradition; 8: Chapter 5: Islamic Law and Bioethics; 9: Part Two: History and Interpretation: Scholars; 10: Chapter 6: The Qurʾan and the Hadith as Sources of Islamic Law; 11: Chapter 7: The Emergence of the Major Schools of Islamic Law; 12: Chapter 8: Qadis and Muftis: Judicial Authority in Islamic Law; 13: Chapter 9: Consensus; 14: Chapter 10: Superior Argument; 15: Chapter 11: Maqāṣid al-Shariʿah; 16: Chapter 12: Legal Pluralism in Sunni Islamic Law; 17: Chapter 13: Interpreting Islamic Law: The Role of Legal Canons; 18: Chapter 14: Ijtihād and Taqlīd; 19: Part Three: History and Interpretation: Society and Politics; 20: Chapter 15: Legal Traditions of the ‘Near East’: The Pre-Islamic Context; 21: Chapter 16: The Place of Custom in Islamic Law; 22: Chapter 17: Jihad, Sovereignty, and Jurisdiction; 23: Chapter 18: Fiqh al-Aqalliyyāt and Muslim Minorities in the West; 24: Chapter 19: Family Law and Succession; 25: Chapter 20: Islamic Law and the Question of Gender Equality; 26: Part Four: State and Power; 27: Chapter 21: Islamic law and the State in pre-modern Sunni thought; 28: Chapter 22: Concept of State in Shiʿi Jurisprudence; 29: Chapter 23: Codification, Legal Borrowing and the Localization of ‘Islamic Law’; 30: Chapter 24: Modern Islamic Constitutional Theory; 31: Chapter 25: Islam, Constitutionalism and Democratic Self-Government; 32: Chapter 26: Terrorism, Religious Violence, and the Shariʿah; 33: Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Islamic Extremism in Kuwait
Book SynopsisThis book is the first to provide a complete overview of Islamic extremism in Kuwait. It traces the development of Islamist fundamentalist groups in Kuwait, both Shiite and Sunni, from the beginning of the twentieth century. It outlines the nature and origins of the many different groups, considers their ideology and organization, shows how their activities are intertwined with the wider economy, society and politics to the extent that they are now a strong part of society, and discusses their armed activities, including terrorist activities. Although focusing on Kuwait, it includes overage of the activities of Islamist groups in other Gulf States. It also discusses the relation between Ruling Families with Islamist political groups, thereby demonstrating that the intertwining of Islamic ideology and armed activities with politics is not a new development in the region.Table of Contents1. The Roots of the Islamist political groups 2. Sunni Islamist political groups 3. Shi’ite Islamist political groups 4. The Relationships between the Kuwaiti Regime and the Islamist political groups 5. Spread of the Islamist political groups in the Social Body 6. Islamist political groups and Religious Violence, International Terrorism 7. The Armed Islamist Sunni Jihadist Groups 8. The Armed Islamist Shi’ite Jihadist Groups
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Cambridge University Press Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions Themes in Islamic History
Book SynopsisThe Muslim afterworld, with its imagery rich in sensual promises, has shaped Western perceptions of Islam for centuries. However, to date, no single study has done justice to the full spectrum of traditions of thinking about the topic in Islamic history. The Muslim hell, in particular, remains a little studied subject. This book, which is based on a wide array of carefully selected Arabic and Persian texts, covers not only the theological and exegetical but also the philosophical, mystical, topographical, architectural and ritual aspects of the Muslim belief in paradise and hell, in both the Sunni and the ShiÊi world. By examining a broad range of sources related to the afterlife, Christian Lange shows that Muslim religious literature, against transcendentalist assumptions to the contrary, often pictures the boundary between this world and the otherworld as being remarkably thin, or even permeable.Trade Review'Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions is a fascinating trove of new information about Muslim eschatology and will serve as an authoritative basis for both general and scholarly readers. Christian Lange surveys the entirety of the Arabic Muslim tradition and paints a masterly picture of a continuous development concerning the afterlife, including the vital theological and even art historical and architectural ramifications.' David Cook, Rice University'Muslims have put their imagination to work in various ways to capture both the bliss of paradise and the suffering of hell. Reviewing such ways in a learned and inspiring manner, Christian Lange convincingly alerts us about images and practices that thinned the boundary between the here and the hereafter.' Maribel Fierro, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid'Christian Lange's overarching argument for the importance of Muslims' imaginative work in developing and living with the interpenetration of heaven and hell both as otherworldly realms and as present realities of earthly life is elegant in its structure and execution and persuasive in its judicious use of the author's extensive reading.' William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University'Christian Lange's excellent analysis of Islamic perceptions of paradise and hell illumines - in a highly learned and remarkably reader-friendly way - crucial features of Islamic religious thought. This new book is required reading for everyone interested in a critical analysis of Muslim concepts of the world beyond human sensory perception.' Sebastian Günther, Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Göttingen'Not only is this the first comprehensive study of the eternal abodes in Islamic thought, but Christian Lange has uttered the final word on the Islamic imagination on paradise and hell - a word well-grounded on an amazing source-based review of Islamic literature and traditions.' Roberto Tottoli, Università di Napoli L'Orientale'Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions is a beautifully written and deeply informative work.' Samantha Pellegrino, Reading ReligionTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Textual Foundations: Narrating the Otherworld: 1. The otherworld revealed: paradise and hell in the Qurʾān; 2. The growth of the Islamic otherworld: a history of Muslim traditionist eschatology; 3. Hope, fear and entertainment: parenetic and popular Muslim literature on the otherworld; 4. The imagination unbound: two late-medieval Muslim scholars on paradise and hell; Part II. Discourses and Practices: Debating the Otherworld: 5. The otherworld contested: cosmology, soteriology and ontology in Sunni theology and philosophy; 6. Otherworlds apart: Shiʿi visions of paradise and hell; 7. The otherworld within: paradise and hell in Islamic mysticism; 8. Eschatology now: paradise and hell in Muslim topography, architecture and ritual; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Charity in Islamic Societies
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Cambridge University Press Muslims in Britain An Introduction
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Cambridge University Press The New Cambridge History of Islam
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the history of Muslim societies from 1800 to the present. Contributors explore how Muslims responded to the challenges of Western conquest and domination, revealing that the social, economic, political and historical circumstances which influenced these responses have empowered Muslim societies and encouraged transformation and religious revival.Table of ContentsIntroduction Francis Robinson; Part I. The Onset of Western Domination: 1. The Ottoman lands to the post-First World War settlement Carter Vaughn Findley; 2. Egypt to c. 1919 Kenneth M. Cuno; 3. Sudan, Somalia and the Maghreb to the end of the First World War Knut S. Vikor; 4. Arabia to the end of the First World War Paul Dresch; 5. Iran to 1919 Ali M. Ansari; 6. Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus to 1917 Adeeb Khalid; 7. Afghanistan to 1919 Nazif M. Shahrani; 8. South Asia to 1919 Francis Robinson; 9. Southeast Asia and China to 1910 William Gervase Clarence-Smith; 10. Africa south of the Sahara to the First World War Roman Loimeier; Part II. Independence and Revival: 11. Turkey from the rise of Ataturk Reşat Kasaba; 12. West Asia from the First World War Charles Tripp; 13. Egypt from 1919 Joel Gordon; 14. Sudan from 1919 Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban and Richard A. Lobban, Jr.; 15. North Africa from the First World War Kenneth J. Perkins; 16. Saudi Arabia, southern Arabia and the gulf states from the First World War David Commins; 17. Iran from 1919 Misagh Parsa; 18. Central Asia and the Caucasus from the First World War Muriel Atkin; 19. Afghanistan from 1919 Nazif M. Shahrani; 20. South Asia from 1919 Vali Nasr; 21. Southeast Asia from 1910 Robert W. Hefner; 22. Africa south of the Sahara from the First World War John H. Hanson; 23. Islam in China from the First World War Dru C. Gladney; 24. Islam in the West Humayun Ansari.
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Cambridge University Press Prayer in Islamic Thought and Practice 6 Themes in Islamic History Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Women and Islam
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Cambridge University Press Scripture People
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Cambridge University Press Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development
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Cambridge University Press Salafism and Traditionalism
Book SynopsisThis book highlights the heated debates between Muslim scholars in the Modern Muslim world, especially between Salafis and Traditionalists. It covers the emergence of modern reform movements, the role of print and the internet, Islamic education, the production of scholarly authority, and the different approaches to Islamic scripture and law.Trade Review'This important and timely book not only helps us understand what al-Sisi is referring to but also explains to the reader the roots and history of a clash that has just begun to materialize.' Hussam S. Timani, Reading ReligionTable of ContentsPart I. History: 1. Traditionalism and Salafism; 2. A controversial Salafi; 3. Gatekeepers of knowledge: self-learning and Islamic expertise; Part II. Islamic Law: 4. Can two opposing opinions be valid? Legal pluralism in Islam; 5. Qur'an and Sunna or the Madhhabs?; Part III. Hadith: 6. The pursuit of authencity: reevaluating weak Hadith; 7. Challenging early Hadith scholarship.
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Cambridge University Press Temporary Marriage in Iran
Book SynopsisProposing a methodology that brings feminist theories of embodiment to bear on the Iranian literary and cinematic tradition, this study examines temporary marriage in Iran, not just as an institution but also as a set of practices, identities and meanings that have transformed over the course of the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Based on analysis of novels and short stories from the Pahlavi era, and cinematic works produced after the Islamic Revolution, Claudia Yaghoobi looks at the representation of the sigheh women, or those who entered into temporary marriages. Each work reflects the manner in which the practice of sigheh impacts women by calling into question how sexuality works as a form of political analysis and power, revealing how a sigheh woman''s sexual bodily autonomy is used as ammunition against what governments deem inappropriate gendered expression. While focusing mainly on modern Iranian cultural productions, Yaghoobi moves beyond the literary and cinematic reaTrade Review'Yaghoobi's mastery over her source material is impressive, and the many ways in which she brings Persian realist fiction of the early and mid-twentieth century into meaningful dialogue with post-revolutionary cinema are admirable. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the social and political debates around gender and the female body in contemporary Iran.' Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, University of Oxford'What distinguishes Claudia Yaghoobi's winning storytelling and her original contribution to our knowledge of women, sexuality and temporary marriage in Iran, is her skillful analysis and highly engaging interpretations of sigheh women's paradoxical role at the margin of society yet at the center of male fantasy.' Shahla Haeri, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsPrologue: sexpionage and the female body; Part I. General Overview: Introduction: body politics and sigheh marriages; 1. Sigheh marriages in modern Iran; Part II. Representation of Sigheh/Sex Work in the Literature of Pahlavi Era: 2. Gendered violence in Moshfeq-e Kazemi's Tehran-e Makhuf; 3. The volatile sigheh/sex workers' bodies in Jamalzadeh's Ma'sumeh Shirazi; 4. Colonized bodies in Al-e Ahmad's 'Jashn-e Farkhonde'; 5. The grotesque sigheh/sex workers' bodies in Golestan's 'Safar-e 'Esmat'; 6. Bodily inscriptions in Chubak's Sang-e Sabur; Part III. The Islamic Republic and Sigheh in Film Industry: 7. Whose body matters in Afkhami's Showkaran; 8. Embodiment, power, and politics in Farahbakhsh's Zendegi-ye Khosusi; Reclaiming the female body via writing.
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OUP India Angels Tapping at the WineShops Door
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