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Book SynopsisExamines the life and work of Muhammad Mitwalli Sha rawi, one of Egypt's most beloved and successful Islamic preachers. This book uses Sha rawi and his work as a lens to explore how traditional Muslim authorities have used various media to put forth a unique vision of how Islam can be renewed and revived in the contemporary world.
Trade Review"Brinton's chronicle of this littleknown figure in the West not only informs us of some happenings in the Islamic world but hopefully convinces us that Islam is not so different from Christianity in having many different versions, in adapting to modern social and technological circumstances, and in displaying the creative potential to be modern and traditional, orthodox and renewable, at one and the same time." Anthropology Review Database
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliterations and Translations
Introduction Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi: Authority and Media in Twentieth- Century Egypt
1. Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi An Egyptian ‘Alim Preacher of His Time
2. Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi and Egyptian Society
3. Preaching as a Nexus of ‘Ulama’ Influence
4. Renewal as a Nexus of ‘Ulama’ Discursive Authority
5. Sha‘rawi’s Knowledge Hierarchy
6. Sha‘rawi and Sufism in Egypt
7. Relevance through Language Use
8. Television and the Extension of Authority
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
