Across the Worlds of Islam : : Muslim Identities, Beliefs, and Practices from Asia to America / / ed. by Edward E. Curtis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Bakaari, Farah,; Blanchard, Kathryn D.,; Brill, Henry D.,; Curtis, Edward E.,; Donahue Singh, Holly,
• HerausgeberIn: Curtis, Edward E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 13 b&w illustrations

Muslim people are found all over the world. Most live outside the Middle East, from Asia to the Americas. The vast majority of contemporary Muslims are not fluent in Arabic, and speakers of languages such as Persian, Urdu, and Turkish have made essential contributions to Islamic history and culture. However, typical courses on Islam tend to downplay areas beyond the Middle East, focusing on Arabic texts and elite theological and doctrinal arguments.This book offers an inclusive view of the diversity and complexity of the many worlds of Islam, investigating ethics and aesthetics as much as scriptures and theology. By paying attention to Muslims who are socially, culturally, doctrinally, or politically marginalized, it provides a comprehensive and all-embracing vision of the religion and its many interrelated communities. Contributors from a range of personal and intellectual backgrounds explore the capaciousness of Muslim identities, helping readers achieve a broader understanding of the past, present, and future of the Muslim world. This book includes communities such as the Nation of Islam and Alevi Muslims, and it goes beyond rituals like prayer and fasting to consider a wider array of practices, such as tattooing.Across the Worlds of Islam is at once student-friendly and cutting-edge, written with both introductory courses and general readers in mind. Examining Muslim identity and practice from the perspective of the margins, it offers nuanced portraits of Muslim life across geographic and sectarian divisions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Islam and Its Others: Ambivalent Orientations Toward the Margins of Islam -- 2 Rethinking the Center: Margins and Multiplicity in Hadith Texts -- 3 Islamic Tattooing: Embodying Healing, Materializing Relationships, and Mediating Tradition -- 4 Lover’s Words Are Eternal: Alevi Ashik Poetry Beyond the Margins -- 5 On the Margins of Islamic Doctrine, at the Heart of Islamic Ethics: Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam and Black Liberation -- 6 Love and Care at the Margins of Future Generations -- 7 Writing Mongol History on the Margins: Sufi and Kinship Connectivity in the Tarikh-i Rashidi -- 8 Journey to the Teaching of Islam -- Conclusion: Let the Margins Be the Center -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index