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Lifeworlds of Islam shows that Islam has typically operated not in the form of standard dogmas, but more often as a compass for practical individual orientations or lifeworlds. Mohammed A. Bamyeh develops a sociology of Islam that maps out how Muslims have employed the faith to foster global networks, public philosophies, and engaged civic lives both historically and in the present.
List of contents
- Introduction: Islam as Lifeworlds
- 1. Islam as Social Movement
- 2. Islam as Public Philosophy
- 3. Islam as Global Order
- Conclusion: Islam as Reserve Discourse
- Works cited
- Index
About the author
Mohammed A. Bamyeh is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. He was the lead author of Social Sciences in the Arab World (2015). His other books include The Social Origins of Islam; Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East; Anarchy as Order; The Ends of Globalization; and Of Death and Dominion; in addition to a few edited volumes. Previously he served as the editor of International Sociology Reviews and is currently President of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS).
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Lifeworlds of Islam shows that Islam has typically operated not in the form of standard dogmas, but more often as a compass for practical individual orientations or lifeworlds. Mohammed A. Bamyeh develops a sociology of Islam that maps out how Muslims have employed the faith to foster global networks, public philosophies, and engaged civic lives both historically and in the present.
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With his focus on the lifeword and the contested meanings of what Islam has meant for Muslims in the last two centuries and in situations as diverse as Central Asia, India, Albania, Turkey, or the Arab world, Bamyeh produces stunningly nuanced interpretations and proposes articulations that will prove decisive for the writing of a new global social theory of religion. An eye opener for social theorists, and scholars versed in religious and social movement studies." -Benoit Challand, Associate Professor in Sociology, New School for Social Research
