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Teaching Islam : Textbooks and Religion in the Middle East / ed. by Gregory Starrett, Eleanor Abdella Doumato.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (267 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626372726
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.7/70956
LOC classification:
  • BP43.I48T43 2006
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: Explores the political and social priorities behind religious education in nine Middle Eastern countries.
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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

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Explores the political and social priorities behind religious education in nine Middle Eastern countries.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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