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001			17936
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008			170501s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780521822824 (hardback)
020			_a9781107615755 (pbk.)
040			_aBD-DhIUB _cBD-DhIUB
082	0	0	_a306.697 _223
100	1		_aBowen, John R. _q(John Richard), _d1951-
245	1	2	_aA new anthropology of Islam / _cJohn R. Bowen.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_ax, 219 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aNew departures in anthropology
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 204-213) and index.
520			_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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 204-213) and index.
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 _zIslamic countries.
999			_c17877 _d17836