A Sociological Study of the Tabligh Jama'at

In this book we study The Tabligh Jama'at, an Islamic revivalist movement which, through participation in its preaching tours, provides satisfaction to individuals experiencing the crisis of modernity. Preaching tours enable Muslims to become workers for Allah and involved in the renewal of Allah's world. We explore the ideological underpinning of preaching and working for Allah through the application of Frame Theory. Through an analytic framework comprising framing tasks and framing processes we unpack how the ideas of Islamic revivalism found in key Tabligh Jama'at written and oral texts the Faza'il-e-A'maal and bayans are packaged and communicated in such a way as to attract individuals to participate in preaching tours. The book concludes that working for Allah provides Muslims with meaning, social solidarity, and satisfaction which modernity has failed to provide them. This book will appeal to academics, researchers, journalists, policy-makers, and research students interested in or working on Islamic revivalist movements.

Offers the fist ever scholarly account of Tabligh Jama'at, the world's largest apolitical Islamic revivalist movement Provides a sociological framework for understanding the methods and activities of Tabligh Jama'at Studies the experience of individual members as well the movement as a whole

Autorentext

Jan A. Ali is Senior Lecturer in Islam and Modernity in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Rizwan Sahib is a doctoral student in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Klappentext

In this book we study The Tabligh Jamäat, an Islamic revivalist movement which, through participation in its preaching tours, provides satisfaction to individuals experiencing the crisis of modernity. Preaching tours enable Muslims to become workers for Allah and involved in the renewal of Allah s world. We explore the ideological underpinning of preaching and working for Allah through the application of Frame Theory. Through an analytic framework comprising framing tasks and framing processes we unpack how the ideas of Islamic revivalism found in key Tabligh Jamäat written and oral texts the Fazäil-e-A maal and bayans are packaged and communicated in such a way as to attract individuals to participate in preaching tours. The book concludes that working for Allah provides Muslims with meaning, social solidarity, and satisfaction which modernity has failed to provide them. This book will appeal to academics, researchers, journalists, policy-makers, and research students interested in or working on Islamic revivalist movements.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The Origins and Evolution of the Tabligh Jama'at in the Globalised World.- 3. Islamic Revivalism and Desecularisation of the World.- 4. Mobilisation, Framing and the Tabligh Jama'at.- 5. A Frame Analysis of Tablighi Texts.- 6. Tabligh Jama'at Frame Resonance.- 7. Understanding the Renewal of Allah's World.- 8. Conclusion.