The promise of piety: Islam and the politics of moral order in Pakistan
"Arsalan Khan offers an ethnography of the normative vision that drives Pakistani Muslim men from diverse social and economic backgrounds to participate in a transnational Islamic piety movement: Tablighi Jamaat. Khan examines how Tablighis constitute the domain of religion in ritual and semiot...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Ithaca London
Cornell University Press
2024
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| En: | Año: 2024 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Pakistan
/ Tablighi Jamaʻat
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| Otras palabras clave: | B
Islamic Ethics (Pakistan)
B Muslim men (Pakistan) Conduct of life B Piety B Islam and politics (Pakistan) |
| Sumario: | "Arsalan Khan offers an ethnography of the normative vision that drives Pakistani Muslim men from diverse social and economic backgrounds to participate in a transnational Islamic piety movement: Tablighi Jamaat. Khan examines how Tablighis constitute the domain of religion in ritual and semiotic practice, how they place an ethical commitment to hierarchy at the heart of religion, and how this, in turn, becomes the basis for restructuring domestic and political life."-- |
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| Notas: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 205-215 und Index |
| Descripción Física: | xii, 223 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 1501773526 |
