Islam, Civility and Political Culture

This book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary exploration of civility and political culture in the Muslim world.

The contributions consider the changing interface between religion and politics throughout Islamic history, and into the present. Extending beyond saturated approaches of 'political' and/or 'militant' Islam, this collection captures the complex sociopolitical character of Islam, and identifies tensions between the political-secular and the sacred-religious in contemporary Muslim life.

The alternative conceptual framework to traditional analyses of secularisation and civility presented across this volume will be of interest to students and scholars across Islamic studies, religious studies, sociology and political science, civilisation studies, and cultural studies.

Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the nature of Muslim political life and civil society Provides a much-needed interdisciplinary overview of the relationships, dynamics, and tensions between the sacred and the secular in the Muslim world Draws on rich historical insight to deepen our understanding of important areas such as Shi'a thought, masculinity, literary culture, the Sufi, and falsafa Includes contributions from leading thinkers in the field, Armando Salvatore, and Bryan S. Turner

Autorentext

Milad Milani is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Western Sydney University, Australia.
Vassilios Adrahtas is Honorary Research Fellow at Macquarie University, Australia.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Eschaton and Civility in Islamic History; Milad Milani.- 2. The Quandary of Modernity: Islam and Civility; Milad Milani & Vassilios Adrahtas.- 3. Islamic Civility: Narrative Habitus and Institution; Armando Salvatore.- 4. Good Behaviour: Islam and Christianity as Framework for Religious Life; Bryan S. Turner.- 5. Considerations in Hadith and Qur'an: Text and Interpretation in a Study of Civility; Aisha Y. Musa.- 6. Court Culture of Literature and Poetry: Indo-Persian Notions of Civility; Prashant Keshavmurthy.- 6. The Limits of Islamic Civility in India; Prashant Keshavmurthy.- 7. Islam Divided: The Underlying Political Culture of the Conflict between the Sunni and the Shi'a; Vassilis Adrahtas & Milad Milani.- 8. The Paradox of Gendered Holiness in Islamic Mysticism; Milad Milani & Marley Krok.- 9. Conclusion: The Prospect of an Eschatological Civility; Vassilis Adrahtas.