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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Abdella Doumato, Eleanor,; Alqudsi-ghabra, Taghreed,; Altan, Ozlem,; Anderson, Betty,; Brown, Nathan,; Da‘Na, Seif,; Doumato, Eleanor Abdella,; Eissa, Muhammad S.,; Landis, Joshua,; Limbert, Mandana E.,; Mehran, Golnar,; Starrett, Gregory,; Toronto, James A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Doumato, Eleanor Abdella,; Starrett, Gregory,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 p.)

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

Table of 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