Islam and Society in Pakistan - Anthropological Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor Dr Magnus Marsden is a fellow of Trinity College and the Graduate Officer in Research at the Centre of South Asian Studies, the University of Cambridge. He lectures on the anthropology of Islam, as well as on religion and politics in Pakistan. Klappentext This book aims to bring together some of the most sophisticated recent anthropological work on the ways in which Pakistan's citizens from diverse social and regional backgrounds set to the task of being Muslim, and contribute to the dynamic role played by Islam in the country's political and social life.This book aims to bring together some of the most sophisticated recent anthropological work on the ways in which Pakistan's citizens from diverse social and regional backgrounds set to the task of being Muslim, and contribute to the dynamic role played by Islam in the country's political and social life.

Product details

• Authors: Magnus Marsden
• Assisted by: Magnus Marsden (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.01.2012
• EAN: 9780195479577
• ISBN: 978-0-19-547957-7
• No. of pages: 500
• Series: Oxford in Pakistan Readings in; Oxford in Pakistan Readings in Sociology & Social Anthropology; Oxford in Pakistan Readings in Sociology & Social Anthropology; Oxford in Pakistan Readings in
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions