Practicing Islam in Egypt

Autorentext

Aaron Rock-Singer is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University, New York. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, New Jersey.

Klappentext

Explores how, why and where an Islamic revival emerged in 1970s Egypt, and why this shift remains relevant today.

Zusammenfassung
Following the ideological disappointment of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, an Islamic revival arose in Egypt. Here, Rock-Singer looks beyond the artificial divide between state institutions and Islamic activists and melds social and intellectual history to show how Egypt's Islamic revival emerged, who it involved, and why it still shapes Egypt today.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments; A note on transliteration and spelling; Introduction; 1. Mind before matter: visions of religious change in post-colonial Egypt; 2. Currents of religious change: ideological transmission and local mobilization; 3. Could the state serve Islam? The rise and fall of Islamist educational reform; 4. Prayer and the Islamic revival: a timely challenge; 5. Beyond fitna: the emergence of Islamic norms of comportment; 6. The ambiguous legacy of the Islamic revival: how women emerged as a barometer of public morality; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.