{"product_id":"can-islam-be-french-9780691152493","title":"Can Islam Be French","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn anthropological examination of how Muslims respond to the conditions of life in France. It examines how French Muslims fashion various Islamic institutions and develop different ways of reasoning and teaching. It looks at some of the quite distinct ways in which mosques have connected with broader social and political forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. Bowen's latest book has a broader and more ambitious canvas. As a good anthropologist, he wants to know not just what the politicians and the media are saying about Islam in France, but what is actually happening on the ground... Mr. Bowen thinks that Muslim values and French secularism could be compatible. But accommodation requires give-and-take on both sides... Can Islam be French? After reading this book, one is inclined to say, 'Yes, but not yet.'\"--Economist \"[A] major contribution to understanding the real world of Islam in France... An insightful and informative study.\"--Choice \"The book is richly documented, explicitly supportive of the Muslim point of view and deeply sympathetic to them.\"--Vaidehi Nathan, Organiser \"Bowen's study of Islam [in] a lesser-known social context is very welcome.\"--Jack David Eller, American Anthropology Review \"The great merit of this book is not only that it empirically answers the question it asks, but in doing so, it opens up a series of questions pertaining to the place of Islam in France and the complex and different relations between citizenship and French religions in a postcolonial society.\"--Abdelmajid Hannoum, Contemporary Sociology \"[Bowen] makes an important contribution to both the anthropology of France and the anthropology of Islam in the West through his detailed discussion of different Islamic schools of religious interpretation and traditions of jurisprudence. By examining the myriad debates that define a global Islamic space, Bowen challenges stereotypes about the monolithic religion that prevail in the media and across the political spectrum... Bowen does a remarkable job of sifting through and making sense of a vast array of approaches to Islamic norms and of differentiating meaningfully among different Islamic schools.\"--Susan Terrio, Anthropological Quarterly \"Bowen's study gives no quick and easy answers to this question; rather, it does an excellent job of examining the historical background and current developments that highlight the potentials for--as well as the challenges of--a pragmatic convergence between the norms and ideas of Islam and France.\"--Lee Ann Bambach, Journal of Law and Religion \"Bowen once again strengthens his position as one of the leading commentators on the French social landscape. What the study lacks in theoretical rigour is off set by a rigorous and vivid narration of the empirical material and by the author's extensive knowledge of the field. Together with Why the French Don't Like Headscarves, the English-speaking student of France and Islam will find here an excellent introduction.\"--Per-Erik Nilsson, Temenos \"Can Islam Be French? is an erudite and measured approach to one of the most fraught topics of our time.\"--Chantal Tetreault, POLAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi      Part One: Trajectories 1      Chapter One: Islam and the Republic 3  Chapter Two: Fashioning the French Islamic Landscape 15  Migration Pathways 16  Residence and Boundaries 19  Religion Rising 21  Authorities 24  State Responses 25  Where to Sacrifice? 27  Where to Pray? 29  Distinctive Features 32      Part Two: Spaces 35      Chapter Three: Mosques Facing Outward 37  In the Unruly Suburbs (Clichy-sous-Bois) 37  Inside the Networks (Saint-Denis) 44  The Work of an Everyday Imam (Lyon) 51  Mosques and Social Divisions 58      Chapter Four: Shaping Knowledge to France 63  Rules, Schools, Principles 63  Hichem El Arafa's CERSI 66  The Science of Hadith 75  The Objectives of Scripture 81      Chapter Five: Differentiating Schools 85  Dimensions of Pedagogical Difference 85  Hichem's View 86  The Great Mosque of Paris 87  Teaching the \"Middle Way\" 89  Teaching the Four Traditions 92  Objectives and Imam M\"lik 95  Foregrounding God's Objectives 96  What Nullifies Prayer--for a Maliki 100  When May a Judge Pronounce a Divorce? 102  Practical Training in an Islamic Ambiance 105  The Future 105  Institute of Useful Knowledge 106      Chapter Six: Can an Islamic School Be Republican? 110  Dhaou Meskine's Success School 111  A Teacher's Trajectory 112  School as Symbol 115  How to Teach a Secular Curriculum in a Muslim School 117  Civics and Gay Couples 118  Religion versus Culture 120  Evolution and Islam? 121  An Islamic Ambiance 124  Muslim Family Camp 125  Arrest 129      Part Three: Debates 133      Chapter Seven: Should There Be an Islam for Europe? 135  Thinking about Riba 137  Different Rules for Different Lands? 143  Confrontations in the Mosque 149  The Transnational Islamic Sphere 153      Chapter Eight: Negotiating across Realms of Justification 157  Between Hal\"l and the Hotel de Ville 158  Why the \"Halal\" Marriage? 162  Convergence I: From Islam to the Secular 165  The Objectives of Halal Rules for Food 169  Convergence II: From French Civil Law toward  Islamic Practices 173      Chapter Nine: Islamic Spheres in Republican Space 179  Do Religion-Based Associations Impede Integration? 180  Return to School 182  A National Islamic Sphere at Le Bourget 185  On Priorities and Values 188  The Primacy of Secularism 188  \"Assimilation Defects\" 191  Toward a Pragmatics of Convergence 196      Notes 199  Bibliography 217  Index 227","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403785544023,"sku":"9780691152493","price":20.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691152493.jpg?v=1730484540","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/can-islam-be-french-9780691152493","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}