Islamisation : : Comparative Perspectives from History / / A. C. S. Peacock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Peacock, A. C. S.,
• MitwirkendeR: Amitai, Reuven,; Auer, Blain,; Beben, Daniel,; Brett, Michael,; Bruckmayr, Philipp,; Bulliet, Richard W.,; Chrysostomides, Anna,; DeWeese, Devin,; Demichelis, Marco,; Eaton, Richard M.,; Fierro, Maribel,; Frankel, James D.,; Insoll, Timothy,; Kadrić, Sanja,; Krstić, Tijana,; Magnusson, Andrew D.,; Munt, Harry,; Nicola, Bruno De,; Peacock, A. C. S.,; Strathern, Alan,; Thomas, David,; Wain, Alexander,; Wieringa, Edwin P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (544 p.) :; 30 B/W illustrations 10 colour illustrations

Examines Islamisation as both a cultural and religious phenomenonThe spread of Islam and the process of Islamisation (meaning both conversion to Islam and the adoption of Muslim culture) is explored in the twenty-four chapters of this volume. Taking a comparative perspective, both the historical trajectory of Islamisation and the methodological problems in its study are addressed, with coverage moving from Africa to China and from the seventh century to the start of the colonial period in 1800.Key questions are addressed. What is meant by Islamisation? How far was the spread of Islam as a religion bound up with the spread of Muslim culture? To what extent are Islamisation and conversion parallel processes? How is Islamisation connected to Arabisation? What role do vernacular Muslim languages play in the promotion of Muslim culture?The broad, comparative perspective allows readers to develop a thorough understanding of the process of Islamisation over eleven centuries of its history.Open Access ChapterFrom Shahāda to 'Aqīda: Conversion to Islam, Catechisation, and Sunnitisation in Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Rumeli, Tijana Krstić. Read the chapter for free on our website (PDF)Key FeaturesDivided into eight sections: Conversion and Islamisation: Theoretical Approaches; The Early Islamic and Medieval Middle East; The Muslim West; Sub-Saharan Africa; The Balkans; Central Asia; South Asia; Southeast Asia and the Far EastAmbitious in scope, it offers a broad chronological and geographical range covering every significant region of the Muslim worldContributions illustrate the most innovative modern research from a variety of disciplines including art, archaeology, literature and historyIncludes fourteen maps and seventeen figuresContributorsReuven Amitai, Hebrew University of JerusalemBlain Auer, University of LausanneDaniel Beben, Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan Michael Brett, SOAS, University of LondonPhilipp Bruckmayr, University of ViennaRichard W. Bulliet, Columbia University Anna Chrysostomides, University of Oxford Marco Demichelis, Catholic University of MilanBruno De Nicola, University of St. AndrewsDevin DeWeese, Indiana UniversityRichard Eaton, University of ArizonaMaribel Fierro, Institute for the Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean James D. Frankel, The Chinese University of Hong KongTimothy Insoll, University of Exeter Sanja Kadrić, Ohio State UniversityTijana Krstić, Central European University in Budapest Andrew D. Magnusson, University of Central Oklahoma Harry Munt, University of YorkAndrew Peacock, University of St AndrewsAlan Strathern, University of Oxford David Thomas, University of BirminghamAlexander Wain, The International Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia Edwin P. Wieringa, University of Cologne"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Islamisation -- Part I Conversion and Islamisation: Theoretical Approaches -- 2. Global Patterns of Ruler Conversion to Islam and the Logic of Empirical Religiosity -- 3. Conversion out of Personal Principle: ʿAli b. Rabban al-Tabari (d. c. 860) and ʿAbdallah al-Tarjuman (d. c. 1430), Two Converts from Christianity to Islam -- 4. The Conversion Curve Revisited -- Part II The Early Islamic and Medieval Middle East -- 5. What Did Conversion to Islam Mean in Seventh-Century Arabia? -- 6. Zoroastrian Fire Temples and the Islamisation of Sacred Space in Early Islamic Iran -- 7. 'There Is No God But God': Islamisation and Religious Code-Switching, Eighth to Tenth Centuries -- 8. Islamisation in Medieval Anatolia -- 9. Islamisation in the Southern Levant after the End of Frankish Rule: Some General Considerations and a Short Case Study -- Part III The Muslim West -- 10. Conversion of the Berbers to Islam/Islamisation of the Berbers -- 11. The Islamisation of al-Andalus: Recent Studies and Debates -- Part IV Sub-Saharan Africa -- 12. The Oromo and the Historical Process of Islamisation in Ethiopia -- 13. The Archaeology of Islamisation in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Part V The Balkans -- 14. The Islamisation of Ottoman Bosnia: Myths and Matters -- 15. From Shahāda to 'Aqīda: Conversion to Islam, Catechisation and Sunnitisation in Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Rumeli -- Part VI Central Asia -- 16. Islamisation on the Iranian Periphery: Nasir-i Khusraw and Ismailism in Badakhshan -- 17. Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi as an Islamising Saint: Rethinking the Role of Sufi s in the Islamisation of the Turks of Central Asia -- 18. The Role of the Domestic Sphere in the Islamisation of the Mongols -- Part VII South Asia -- 19. Reconsidering 'Conversion to Islam' in Indian History -- 20. Civilising the Savage: Myth, History and Persianisation in the Early Delhi Courts of South Asia -- Part VIII Southeast Asia and the Far East -- 21. China and the Rise of Islam on Java -- 22. The Story of Yusuf and Indonesia's Islamisation: A Work of Literature Plus -- 23. Persian Kings, Arab Conquerors and Malay Islam: Comparative Perspectives on the Place of Muslim Epics in the Islamisation of the Chams -- 24. Islamisation and Sinicisation: Inversions, Reversions and Alternate Versions of Islam in China -- Index