Islamic Prayer Across the Indian Ocean: Inside and Outside the Mosque

ISBN-13: 9780700712342 / Twarda / 2000 / 256 str.

David Parkin

Opis

This text analyses the inner dualities and oppositions of practice and belief found within the Islamic faith.

Recenzje

'This volume has succeeded in capturing a sense of the diversity of Islam while also underlining a common core need, namely, the desire by the faithful to express their worship of God in tangible, coherent means.' - Centre for Islamic Studies Newsletter

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, Contributors, Preface, 1 Inside and Outside the Mosque: a Master Trope, 2 Imputations of Faith and Allegiance: Islamic Prayer and Indonesian Politics Outside the Mosque, 3 Islamic and Non-islamic Prayer in Java, 4 Localising Islamic Performances in Mayotte, 5 Swahili and Ism?'?l? Perceptions of Sal?t, 6 Portrait of Seyyid Silima from Zanzibar: Piety and Subversion in Islamic Prayer, 7 Invocation: Salaa, Dua, Sadaka and the Question of Self-determination, 8 Sembah/Salat: The Javanisation of Islamic Prayer; The Islamisation of Javanese Prayer, 9 Afterword: The Mirror in the Mosque, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Stephen Headley, David Parkin