The Promise of Piety: Islam and the Politics of Moral Order in Pakistan - Hardcover
by Arsalan Khan
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501773525ISBN-10:1501773526UPC:9781501773525Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Islamic Studies, WorldBook Topic:Cultural & Social, AsianSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC35XJC660
The Promise of Piety: Islam and the Politics of Moral Order in Pakistan
In The Promise of Piety, Arsalan Khan examines the zealous commitment to a distinct form of face-to-face preaching (dawat) among Pakistani Tablighis, practitioners of the transnational Islamic piety movement the Tablighi Jamaat. This group says that Muslims have abandoned their religious duties for worldly pursuits, creating a state of moral chaos apparent in the breakdown of relationships in the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501773525ISBN-10:1501773526UPC:9781501773525Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Islamic Studies, WorldBook Topic:Cultural & Social, AsianSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC35XJC660
Arsalan Khan is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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