"Christopher Melchert proposes to historicize Islamic renunciant piety (zuhd). As the conquest period wound down in the early eighth century c.e., renunciants set out to maintain the contempt of worldly comfort and loyalty to a greater cause that had characterized the community …
Christopher Melchert proposes to historicize Islamic renunciant piety (zuhd). As the conquest period wound down in the early eighth century c.e., renunciants set out to maintain the contempt of worldly comfort and loyalty to a greater cause that had characterized the community o…
"Saba Mahmood';s 2005 Politics of Piety is an excellent example of evaluation in action. Mahmood';s book is a study of women';s participation in the Islamic revival across the Middle East. Mahmood--a feminist social anthropologist with left-wing, secular political values--wanted…
"Saba Mahmoo©d';s 2005 Politics of Piety is an excellent example of evaluation in action. Mahmoo©d';s book is a study of wome©n';s participation in the Islamic revival across the Middle East. Mahmood--a feminist social anthropologist with left-wing, secular political values--wan…
Teaching Religion and Literature provides a practical engagement with the pedagogical possibilities of teaching religion courses using literature, teaching literature classes using religion, and teaching Religion and Literature as a discipline. Featuring chapters written by awar…
