Across the worlds of Islam : Muslim identities, beliefs, and practices from Asia to America / edited by Edward E. Curtis IV.

"Unlike the majority of introductions to Islam, which all too often elide essential theological and legal debates in favor of presenting a homogenized Middle East-centric view of what Islam represents to all Muslims, this book provides a balanced perspective on Sunni, Shia, and Sufi Islam at the geo...

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Other Authors: Curtis, Edward E., IV, 1970- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Islamic sociology.
Islamic sects.
Minorities > Islamic countries > Social conditions.
Minorities > Religious aspects > Islam.
Minorities > Social conditions.
Islamic countries.
Physical Description:vi, 306 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Loving the margins of Islam [Added title page title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Edward E. Curtis IV
  • 1. Islam and Its Others: Ambivalent Orientations towards the Margins of Islam / Farah Bakaari
  • 2. Rethinking the Center: Margins and Multiplicity in Hadith Texts / Michael Muhammad Knight
  • 3. Islamic Tattooing: Embodying Healing, Materializing Relationships, and Mediating Tradition / Max Johnson Dugan
  • 4. Lover's Words Are Eternal: Alevi Ashik Poetry Beyond the Margins / Tess M. Waggoner
  • 5. On the Margins of Islamic Doctrine, At the Heart of Islamic Ethics: Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam and Black Liberation / Edward E. Curtis IV
  • 6. Love and Care at the Margins of Future Generations / Holly Donahue Singh
  • 7. Writing Mongol History on the Margins: Sufi and Kinship Connectivity in the Tarikh-i Rashidi / Henry D. Brill
  • 8. Journey to the Teaching of Islam / Kathryn D. Blanchard
  • Conclusion: Let the Margins Be the Center: On Loving the Alien / Vernon James Schubel
  • Acknowledgments.