Islamic Revival in Nepal : Religion and a New Nation

ISBN-13: 9780415618748 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 200 str.

Megan Adamson Sijapati

Opis

Drawing upon extensive fieldwork among Muslims in Nepal, this book examines the terrains of Muslim identity and contemporary Islamic revivalist movements based in the Kathmandu valley.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Fragmentary Pasts: The Historical and Social Landscape of Muslim Nepal  3. Boundaries of Purity: A Hindu Kingdom and Muslim Alterity  4. Kalo Buddhvar: Religion, Violence and Muslim Nepalis  5. Towards a Unified Voice: The National Muslim Forum and a Nascent Muslim ‘Nation’  6. Islamic Revival, Tradition and Identity: The Islami Sangh Nepal  7. Epilogue: Muslims in a New Secular Nepal 

O autorze

Megan Adamson Sijapati, PhD, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Her research interests are in religious conflict and cooperation, and in the intersections of religious authority, revival, and experience.