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Zusatztext '...provides a useful antidote to conventional studies that insist upon analayzing Muslim societies solely through the lens of Islam...' - Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies! Professor Ali S. Asani Informationen zum Autor Authored by Manger, Leif Klappentext Comparative discussions of Islam as lived religion in areas close to its heartland as well in distant parts where Islam meets and interacts with other religious and cultural traditions, moving beyond Orientalist notions of an unchanging world of Islam to a focus on the diversity of Muslim experiences. Zusammenfassung Comparative discussions of Islam as lived religion in areas close to its heartland as well in distant parts where Islam meets and interacts with other religious and cultural traditions, moving beyond Orientalist notions of an unchanging world of Islam to a focus on the diversity of Muslim experiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Muslim Diversity: Local Islam in Global Contexts, Leif Manger; Chapter 2 Global Migrants and Local Shrines: The Shifting Geography of Islam in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Katy Gardner; Chapter 3 The Theological Construction of Conflict: Gilgit, Northern Pakistan, Tor H. Aase; Chapter 4 Jih?d in West Africa: A Global Theme in a Regional Setting, Knut S. Vikør; Chapter 5 The Salafiyya Movement in Northwest China: Islamic Fundamentalism among Muslim Chinese?, Dru C. Gladney; Chapter 6 To Colour, Not Oppose: Spreading Islam in Rural Java, Eldar Bråten; Chapter 7 Faith and Identity in Northeast Syria, Annika Rabo; Chapter 8 The Mosque and the Sacred Mountain: Duality of Religious Beliefs among the Zaghawa of Northwestern Sudan, Sharif Harir; Chapter 9 On Becoming Muslim: The Construction of Identities among the Lafofa of the Sudan, Leif Manger; Chapter 10 Afterword: The Comparative Study of Muslim Societies, William R. Roff;
