Muslim Preaching in the Middle East and Beyond : Historical and Contemporary Case Studies

Stjernholm, Simon (EDT)/ Özdalga, Elisabeth (EDT)

Edinburgh University Press（2020/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474467476
• DDC分類 297.37

Full Description

Preaching has been central to Muslim communities throughout the centuries. The liturgical Friday sermon is a prime example, although other genres that are less commonly known also serve important functions. This book addresses the ways in which Muslims relate various forms of religious oratory to authoritative tradition in 21st-century Islamic practice, while striving to adapt to local contexts and the changing circumstances of politics, media and society. This is the first book of its kind to look at homiletics beyond a specific country focus.
Taking into consideration the historical developments of Muslim preaching, it offers a collection of thoroughly contextualised case studies of oratory in Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bosnia, Sweden and the USA. The analyses presented here show shared emphasis on struggles for legitimacy, efforts to speak authoritatively, as well as discursive opportunities and constraints.

Contents

Introduction

Part I. Ritual and Performance

1. The Framework of Islamic Rhetoric: The Ritual of the Khuṭba and its Origin

2. The Khuṭba Scene in Arab Religious Films and TV Dramas

3. Instructive Speech among Bosnian Muslim Women: Sermons, Lessons, or Guidance?

Part II. Power and Authority

4. Preaching and the Problem of Religious Authority in Medieval Islam

5. Friday Sermons in a Secular State: Religious Institution-building in Modern Turkey

Part III. Mediation

6. Going Online. Saudi Female Intellectual Preachers in the New Media

7. Brief Reminders: Muslim Preachers, Mediation, and Time

Part IV. Identities

8. Advising and Warning the People: Swedish Salafis on Violence, Renunciation and Life in the Suburb

9. Discourses on Marriage, Religious Identity, and Gender in Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Preaching: Continuities and Adaptations