Jonah Blank

Mullahs on the Mainframe (eBook, ePUB)

Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Jonah Blank's important, myth-shattering book, the West gets its first look at the Daudi Bohras, a unique Muslim denomination who have found the core of their religious beliefs largely compatible with modern ideology. Combining orthodox Muslim prayer, dress, and practice with secular education, relative gender equality, and Internet use, this community serves as a surprising reminder that the central values of "modernity" are hardly limited to the West.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 403
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780226836416
• Artikelnr.: 76009526

Autorenporträt

Jonah Blank, an anthropologist, is South Asia policy advisor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and author of Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana through India. He has taught anthropology at Harvard University, covered India and Pakistan as a senior editor of U.S. News and World Report, provided commentary for the BBC, and written for publications ranging from the New Yorker to Foreign Affairs.