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Culture of daʻwah : Islamic preaching in the modern world / edited by Itzchak Weismann and Jamal Malik.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 370 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781607817468
  • 1607817462
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Culture of daʻwahDDC classification:
  • 297.7/4 23
LOC classification:
  • BP170.85 .C85 2020
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I: Discourses of Daʿwa -- 1. The Making of the Modern Arab Daʿwa Discursive Field -- 2. Discourse(s) of Daʿwain Postcolonial India -- 3. Contemporary Salafi Discourseson Daʿwa from a Transnational Perspective -- Part II: Preaching in Movement -- 4. Ideology, Practice, and Lawin the Daʿwa of the Muslim Brothersand Jamaʿat-e Islami -- 5. Nothing Has Changed/Everything Has Changed -- 6. Daily Piety Drills for Lay Preachersin South Asia -- 7. Religious Propagation and Revolution among Modern Shiʿa
Part III: The Global and the Local -- 8. Contemporary Daʿwa and the Statein Southeast Asia -- 9. Islamization of Christian Lands? -- 10. Daʿwa in North America -- 11. Global Islam "Made in South Asia" -- Part IV: New Directions -- 12. Neoliberal Daʿwa -- 13. The Daʿi in Contemporary Arab Television Fiction -- 14. From Monologue to Dialogue -- 15. Jihadi Soft Power -- Notes -- Biblography -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: This book provides the first in-depth, wide-scope treatment of da'wa. A term difficult to translate, da'wa covers a semantic field ranging from the call or invitation to Islam, to religious preaching and proselytizing, to the mission and message of Islam. Historically da'wa has been directed outward to nonbelievers, but in modern times it has turned increasingly inward to "straying" Muslims. While the media and many scholars have focused on extremism and militant groups that have raised the banner of jihad, this volume argues that da'wa, not jihad, forms the backbone of modern Islamic politics and religiosity, and that the study of da'wa is essential for understanding contemporary Islamic politics as well as jihadist activity. Contributors represent a variety of approaches and come from a range of academic, religious, and national backgrounds. In these essays, they analyze the major discourses of da'wa, their embodiment in the major Islamic movements of the twentieth century, and their transformation into new forms of activism through the media, the state, and jihadi groups--including al-Qaeda and ISIS--in the twenty-first century.

"Editors Weismann and Malik have done a fabulous service by compiling this collection of timely essays about the place of da'wa, or "proselytization," in modern, globalized Islam. The authors and editors define and problematize the term carefully and lay out the need for a work such as this. At a time when much Western media is myopically focused on extremism and the more violent manifestations of global jihad, the Islamic world is fundamentally and simply more concerned with proselytization. The contributors represent a variety of approaches and come from a wide range of academic, religious, and national background, which will lend significantly to the credibility of this work"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 24, 2020).

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I: Discourses of Daʿwa -- 1. The Making of the Modern Arab Daʿwa Discursive Field -- 2. Discourse(s) of Daʿwain Postcolonial India -- 3. Contemporary Salafi Discourseson Daʿwa from a Transnational Perspective -- Part II: Preaching in Movement -- 4. Ideology, Practice, and Lawin the Daʿwa of the Muslim Brothersand Jamaʿat-e Islami -- 5. Nothing Has Changed/Everything Has Changed -- 6. Daily Piety Drills for Lay Preachersin South Asia -- 7. Religious Propagation and Revolution among Modern Shiʿa

Part III: The Global and the Local -- 8. Contemporary Daʿwa and the Statein Southeast Asia -- 9. Islamization of Christian Lands? -- 10. Daʿwa in North America -- 11. Global Islam "Made in South Asia" -- Part IV: New Directions -- 12. Neoliberal Daʿwa -- 13. The Daʿi in Contemporary Arab Television Fiction -- 14. From Monologue to Dialogue -- 15. Jihadi Soft Power -- Notes -- Biblography -- Contributors -- Index

This book provides the first in-depth, wide-scope treatment of da'wa. A term difficult to translate, da'wa covers a semantic field ranging from the call or invitation to Islam, to religious preaching and proselytizing, to the mission and message of Islam. Historically da'wa has been directed outward to nonbelievers, but in modern times it has turned increasingly inward to "straying" Muslims. While the media and many scholars have focused on extremism and militant groups that have raised the banner of jihad, this volume argues that da'wa, not jihad, forms the backbone of modern Islamic politics and religiosity, and that the study of da'wa is essential for understanding contemporary Islamic politics as well as jihadist activity. Contributors represent a variety of approaches and come from a range of academic, religious, and national backgrounds. In these essays, they analyze the major discourses of da'wa, their embodiment in the major Islamic movements of the twentieth century, and their transformation into new forms of activism through the media, the state, and jihadi groups--including al-Qaeda and ISIS--in the twenty-first century.