David Montgomery

Broschiertes Buch

Practicing Islam

Knowledge, Experience, and Social Navigation in Kyrgyzstan

Beschreibung

Presents a rich ethnographic study on the practice and meaning of Islamic life in Kyrgyzstan. As David W. Montgomery shows, becoming and being a Muslim are based on knowledge acquired from the surrounding environment, enabled through the practice of doing. Through these acts, Islam is imbued in both the individual and the community.

Autor

David W. Montgomery is research professor in the Department of Government and Politics and the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland and director of program development for CEDAR--Communities Engaging with Difference and Religion. His books include Practicing Islam: Knowledge, Experience, and Social Navigation in Kyrgyzstan; Living with Difference: How to Build Community in a Divided World; and Everyday Life in the Balkans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780822964285
• ISBN-10: 0822964287
• Artikelnr.: 45155096