TY - BOOK AU - Abdella Doumato,Eleanor AU - Alqudsi-ghabra,Taghreed AU - Altan,Ozlem AU - Anderson,Betty AU - Brown,Nathan AU - Da‘Na,Seif AU - Doumato,Eleanor Abdella AU - Eissa,Muhammad S. AU - Landis,Joshua AU - Limbert,Mandana E. AU - Mehran,Golnar AU - Starrett,Gregory AU - Toronto,James A. TI - Teaching Islam: Textbooks and Religion in the Middle East SN - 9781626372726 AV - BP43.I48T43 2006 U1 - 297.7/70956 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - Islam KW - Study and teaching KW - Middle East KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1. Textbook Islam, Nation Building, and the Question of Violence --; 2. Egypt: Promoting Tolerance, Defending Against Islamism --; 3. Iran: A Shi‘ite Curriculum to Serve the Islamic State --; 4. Jordan: Prescription for Obedience and Conformity --; 5. Kuwait: Striving to Align Islam with Western Values --; 6. Oman: Cultivating Good Citizens and Religious Virtue --; 7. The Palestinian National Authority: The Politics of Writing and Interpreting Curricula --; 8. Saudi Arabia: From “Wahhabi” Roots to Contemporary Revisionism --; 9. Syria: Secularism, Arabism, and Sunni Orthodoxy --; 10. Turkey: Sanctifying a Secular State --; 11. Textbook Meanings and the Power of Interpretation --; 12. Conclusion: Tailor-Made Islam --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - Explores the political and social priorities behind religious education in nine Middle Eastern countries UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626372726 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781626372726 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781626372726/original ER -