Living Sharia - Law and Practice in Malaysia

Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested implementation of Islamic family and criminal laws and sharia economics to provide cultural frameworks for understanding sharia among Muslims and non-Muslims. Timothy Daniels explores how the way people think about sharia is often entangled with notions about race, gender equality, nationhood, liberal pluralism, citizenship, and universal human rights. He reveals that Malaysians' ideas about sharia are not isolated from-nor always opposed to-liberal pluralism and secularism.

Living Sharia will be of interest to scholars as well as to policy makers, consultants, and professionals working with global NGOs.

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Chronology

Introduction: Sharia and the Anthropology of Knowledge

1. Sharia in Malaysia: The Historical Background

2. Family Law: Religious Officials, Reasoning Style, and Controversies

3. Criminal Law: Taking the Middle

Road

4. Economics: The Malaysian State, Darul Arqam, and the Islamic Party of Malaysia

5. Pro-Sharia Discourses: Race, Religion, and Nation

6. Contra-Sharia Discourses: Islamic and Secular Human Rights

7. Individuals: Views, Voices, and Practices

Conclusion: Sharia Cultural Models and Sociopolitical

Projects

Notes

Glossary

References

Index

Info autore

Timothy P. Daniels is professor of anthropology at Hofstra University. He is the author of Islamic Spectrum in Java and Building Cultural Nationalism in Malaysia, and editor of Performance, Popular Culture, and Piety in Muslim Southeast Asia.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Timothy P Daniels, Timothy P. Daniels
• Con la collaborazione di: Charles F Keyes (Editore), Charles F. Keyes (Editore), Vicente Rafael (Editore), Laurie J Sears (Editore), Laurie J. Sears (Editore)
• Editore: University Of Washington Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780295742540
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74254-0
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies; Critical Dialogues in Southeas; Living Sharia; Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues i
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni