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Book SynopsisIn Freedom through Submission Johannes Renders explores Danish-Muslim statements on human freedom. Within a context where public talk of Islam is largely mediated by an incessant succession of controversies, the notion of freedom is weaponized both by and against a growing Muslim community. Danish Muslims take issue with liberal associations of the notion with autonomy and choice, and seek to reconfigure the public debate that pits freedom against Islam. This book brings out a sophisticated and reflective Muslim discourse, in which freedom is something individuals must simultaneously exercise, surrender, and achieve through a cultivated relinquishing of the will to Allah.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Transliteration, Translation, and Dates List of Figures Introduction 1 An Ethnography of Muslim-Talk on Freedom 2 An Anthropology of Religious Discourse 1 Is This Really Freedom? 1 Questioning 2 Resistance 3 Redefinition 2 Allah Named Himself 1 Ineffable and Perfect 2 Willing and Knowing 3 Planning and Attracting 3 Willing Submission 1 Always Surrounded 2 Willingly Surrendered 3 Already Muslim 4 Everything Is for Allah 1 Worship-Subjection 2 Spiritual Combat 3 Knowing-Belief 5 This Is Real Freedom! 1 Emancipation from Authority 2 Liberation through Authority 3 Iterative Choice Conclusion 1 Freedom as Submission 2 Freedom as Fantasy 3 Freedom as Promise Bibliography Index
