Muslim preaching in the Middle East and beyond : historical and contemporary case studies / edited by Simon Stjernholm and Elisabeth Özdalga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stjernholm, Simon, Author.

Contributor:

Stjernholm, Simon, 1979- editor.

Özdalga, Elisabeth, 1946- editor.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic preaching--Middle East.

Islamic preaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Explores the ways in which Muslims relate various forms of religious oratory to authoritative tradition in 21st-century Islamic practice, while striving to adapt to local contexts and the changing circumstances of politics, media and society.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

Note on Transliteration

Introduction

Part I Ritual and Performance

1 The Framework of Islamic Rhetoric: The Ritual of the Khuṭba and its Origin

2 The Khuṭba Scene in Arab Religious Films and TV Dramas

3 Instructive Speech among Bosnian Muslim Women: Sermons, Lessons or Guidance?

Part II Power and Authority

4 Preaching and the Problem of Religious Authority in Medieval Islam

5 Friday Sermons in a Secular State: Religious Institution-building in Modern Turkey

Part III Mediation

6 Going Online: Saudi Female Intellectual Preachers in the New Media

7 Brief Reminders: Muslim Preachers, Mediation and Time

Part IV Identities

8 Advising and Warning the People: Swedish Salafis on Violence, Renunciation and Life in the Suburbs

9 Discourses on Marriage, Religious Identity and Gender in Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Preaching: Continuities and Adaptations

Epilogue

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474491204

1474491200

9781474467490

1474467490

OCLC:

1312726037