A01=Patrick D. Gaffney
Author_Patrick D. Gaffney
building grassroots organizations
Category=JBSR
Category=JHM
Category=QRP
compares militant movement and official islam
contemporary islamic expression
developing leadership cadres
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field research in egypt
forming public opinion
message of islam
muslim preaching
political commentary
preacher and sermon
religious rhetoric and political dissent
rise of islamic fundamentalism
social history
theological sources
Product details
- ISBN 9780520084728
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 05 Dec 1994
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Muslim preaching has been central in forming public opinion, building grassroots organizations, and developing leadership cadres for the wider Islamist agenda. Based on in-depth field research in Egypt, Patrick Gaffney focuses on the preacher and the sermon as the single most important medium for propounding the message of Islam. He draws on social history, political commentary, and theological sources to reveal the subtle connections between religious rhetoric and political dissent. Many of the sermons discussed were given during the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, and Gaffney attempts to describe this militant movement and to compare it with official Islam. Finally, Gaffney presents examples of the sermons, so readers can better understand the full range of contemporary Islamic expression.
Patrick D. Gaffney is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame.
