Description
Product ID: | 9780521529785 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | New Departures in Anthropology |
Title: | A New Anthropology of Islam |
Authors: | Author: John R. Bowen |
Page Count: | 230 |
Subjects: | Cultural studies, Cultural studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Sociology, Social and cultural anthropology, Islamic studies, Sociology: customs & traditions, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This new study presents Islam in ways that emphasise 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 its texts and traditions to ideas and conditions in Asia, Africa and Europe. |
Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-08-02 |