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Between Text and Practice: Considerations in the Anthropological Study of Islam
The anthropological study of Islam is one that has been plagued by problems of definition. What exactly are we studying? Local practices, universal texts and standards of practice, or something else entirely. At the heart of the question is how anthropologists define Islam. This paper1 reviews the m...
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| Опубліковано в:: | Marburg Journal of Religion |
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| Формат: | Artikel (Zeitschrift) |
| Мова: | Англійська |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
1999
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| Резюме: | The anthropological study of Islam is one that has been plagued by problems of definition. What exactly are we studying? Local practices, universal texts and standards of practice, or something else entirely. At the heart of the question is how anthropologists define Islam. This paper1 reviews the major trends in the anthropological study of Islam and then suggests plausible theoretical directions for the future. It touches on issues surrounding Orientalism, the "Great- and LittleTraditions " paradigm. It move between theoretical considerations and "on the ground", lived, examples. |
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| DOI: | 10.17192/mjr.1999.4.3763 |