Is God for Revolution? - Affect, Youth, and Islam in Post-2011 Egypt

Based on interviews with upper-middle-class Egyptian Muslims, Is God for Revolution? explores the ways in which political participation in the 2011 Egyptian revolution--and the emotions that came with it--changed the landscape of religious discourse and practice. It is a story about postrevolutionary agency, the emotional toll that this democratic experiment had on those who believed in the revolution and its ideals, and the transformative power of autonomy and emotion on young revolutionaries' attitudes toward religious authorities and religious beliefs and practices.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Tapestries of Religious Socialization


• 2: "Fatwas in the Fog": On Revolting Against the Ruler


• 3: The Battle of the Ballot Boxes


• 4: Massacres and a Moral Reckoning


• 5: Questioning Islamic Authority, Tradition, and Belief


• Conclusion

About the author

Nareman Amin is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam at Michigan State University.

Product details

• Authors: Nareman Amin, Nareman (Assistant Professor of Contemporary Amin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2025
• EAN: 9780197804728
• ISBN: 978-0-19-780472-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Islam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics, Aspects of religion, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Aspects Of Religion (Non-Christian)