Editors:
- Looks at the significance of the cultural and sociopolitical complexity of sharia in the contemporary world
- Includes chapters that highlight China and the new aspects of Chinese secularism and current engagement with global capitalism
- Exemplifies a new approach to the anthropology of Islam and the importance of multidisciplinary methodologies to the study of religion
Part of the book series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion (CAR)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Sharia, State, and Society
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Front Matter
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Sharia and Religious Pluralism
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
“At a time that words like Sharia and Fatwa are bandied about in our public and political discourse with reckless abandon, Sharia Dynamics brings urgently needed rigor and scholarly expertise. Furthermore, the volume focuses on Southeast Asia and South Asia, two regions where the majority of the world’s Muslims live but has received far too little public and scholarly attention.” (Omid Safi, Director, Duke Islamic Studies Center, USA)
“By exploring the ways in which Muslims in diverse cultural contexts apply Shariah, this volume offers a new and promising path for anthropologists and scholars in all fields who are interested in understanding Islam as a lived tradition beyond but not ignoring theology.” (Daniel Martin Varisco, Coordinator for Social Science, Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Qatar University, Qatar)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Anthropology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, USA
Timothy P. Daniels
About the editor
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sharia Dynamics
Book Subtitle: Islamic Law and Sociopolitical Processes
Editors: Timothy P. Daniels
Series Title: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45692-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45691-1Published: 19 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83350-7Published: 15 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45692-8Published: 12 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-3475
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 364
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Anthropology, Sociology of Religion, Religion and Society, Islam