Reading Islam : life and politics of brotherhood in modern Turkey /

Reading Islam : life and politics of brotherhood in modern Turkey /

In Reading Islam Fabio Vicini offers a journey within the intimate relations, reading practices, and forms of intellectual engagement that regulate Muslim life in two enclosed religious communities in Istanbul. Combining anthropological observation with textual and genealogical analysis, he illustra...

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Main Author: Vicini, Fabio, 1981- (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia; volume123.

Subjects:

Gülen Hizmet Movement.
Weşanên Nûbihar. > Rêza Rîsaleyên Nur > Reading.
Muslims > Turkey > Istanbul > Intellectual life > 21st century.
Muslims > Religious life > Turkey > Istanbul.
Islamic learning and scholarship > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 21st century.
Islamic renewal > Turkey.
Islam and politics > Turkey.
Islam > Social aspects > Turkey.

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Call Number: BP63.T82

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration and Turkish Pronunciation
  • Introduction: Reading Islam in Modern Times
  • Outreaches of Religious Service
  • Living the Brotherhood
  • Reading, Reflection and the Search for Transcendence
  • Putting Islam to Work
  • Politics of Brotherhood
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • References
  • Index.