The sociology of Islam collected essays of Bryan S. Turner / edited by Bryan S. Turner and Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir.

Author/creator Turner, Bryan S.
Other author Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
Descriptionxii, 312 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesContemporary thought in the Islamic world
Contents Islam, capitalism and the Weber theses -- Origins and traditions in Islam and Christianity -- State, science and economy in traditional societies -- Conscience in the construction of religion: a critique of Marshall G.S. Hodgson's The venture of Islam -- Orientalism, Islam and capitalism -- On the concept of axial space: orientalism and the originary -- Orientalism, or the politics of the text -- Leibniz, Islam and cosmopolitan virtue -- Sovereignty and emergency: political theology, Islam and American conservatism -- Class, generation and Islamism: towards a global sociology of political Islam -- Religious authority and the new media -- Women, piety and practice: a study of women and religious practice in Malaysia -- The body and piety: the hijab and marriage -- Islam, diaspora and multiculturalism -- Shari'a and legal pluralism in the West.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012049925
ISBN9781409462118 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781409462125 (ebook)
ISBN9781472407573 (epub)