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020			_a 9781107615755
082	0	0	_a306.6/97 J6138 N _b101998
100	1		_aJohn R. Bowen
245	1	2	_aA New Anthropology of Islam /
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew Delhi _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a219 _c24 cm.
490	0		_aNew departures in anthropology
500			_a"In this powerful but accessible new study John Bowen draws on a full range of work in social anthropology to present Islam in ways that emphasise its constitutive practices, from praying and learning to judging and political organising. Starting at the heart of Islam - revelation and learning in Arabic lands - Bowen shows how Muslims have adapted Islamic texts and traditions to ideas and conditions in the societies in which they live. Returning to key case studies in Indonesia, Africa, Pakistan and Western Europe to explore each major domain of Islamic religious and social life, Bowen also considers the theoretical advances in social anthropology that have come out of the study of Islam. A New Anthropology of Islam is essential reading for all those interested in the study of Islam and for those following new developments in the discipline of anthropology"--
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. How to think about religions - Islam, for example; 2. Learning; 3. Perfecting piety through worship; 4. Reshaping sacrifice; 5. Healing and praying; 6. Pious organizing; 7. Judging; 8. Migrating and adapting; 9. Mobilizing.
650		0	_aIslamic sociology.
650		0	_aAnthropology of religion
942			_cBK