南池子

作者: Amyn B. Sajoo
出版社: I. B. Tauris in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
出版年: 2011-12-15
页数: 256
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781780761275




内容简介  · · · · · ·
Culture shapes every aspect of the relationship between God and the believer in Islam — as well as among believers, and with those beyond the fold. Fasting, prayers, and pilgrimages are attuned to social rhythms old and new, no less than the designs of mosques and public gardens, the making of "religious" music, and ways of thinking about technology and well-being. Ancient deserts and modern urban landscapes may echo with the same call for transcendence, but in voices that emerge from very different everyday realities. Scripture itself, as the Prophet Muhammad knew, is ever seen through a cultural lens; both its language and what it communicates are intimately tied to context. And the cosmopolitanism that runs through Muslim history from the outset recalls T.S. Eliot’s remark that culture is "that which makes life worth living." It frames how the deepest religious values are understood and practiced, from modesty in adornment and solidarity with the underprivileged, to integrity and accountability in political life. Muslims have never been content with a passive separation of faith from their daily lives, whether public or private. What are the implications of this holistic view in a diverse world of Muslims and non-Muslims? How do core ethical values interface with the particulars of local cultures in all their complexity, especially when it comes to matters like the status of women and the scope of individual religious freedom? The answers — at a time when secular and Muslim identities appear to be locked in conflict— are explored in this Companion by some of today’s finest scholars.
目录  · · · · · ·
About the Contributors xi
List of Illustrations xvii
1. Introduction: Faith and Culture
AMYN B. SAJOO 1
2. Everyday Tradition
EARLE WAUGH 21
3. Modernity: Secular and Sacred
ABDULLAHI AN-NAIM 37
4. Spiritual Life
CARL W. ERNST 57
5. Gender and Identity
ELENA CAPRIONI AND EVA SAJOO 77
6. Science and Social Change
MORGAN CLARKE 103
7. Architecture and Community
HUSSEIN KESHANI 117
8. Moving Words
JONATHAN M. BLOOM 137
9. Moving Sounds
JONATHAN SHANNON 165
10. A Taste of Mecca
MAI YAMANI 185
11. Cosmopolitanism: Ways of Being Muslim
KARIM H. KARIM 201
Index 221