Piety, politics, and everyday ethics in Southeast Asian Islam: beautiful behavior

"As an exploration of 'beautiful behavior' in theory and practice, this ground-breaking volume explores the incredible diversity and dynamism of Islam in Southeast Asia, both past and present. Amid the dazzling complexity of Islamic civilization, the concept of adab provides Muslims w...

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Other Authors: Rozehnal, Robert Thomas 1967- (Editor), Pepinsky, Thomas B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2020
Edition:Paperback edition first published
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"As an exploration of 'beautiful behavior' in theory and practice, this ground-breaking volume explores the incredible diversity and dynamism of Islam in Southeast Asia, both past and present. Amid the dazzling complexity of Islamic civilization, the concept of adab provides Muslims with a shared sense of sacred history, identity, and morality. In the context of Islamic ethics, adab defines the rules of personal and public etiquette: good manners, moral conduct, civility, humaneness, beautiful behavior. Spotlighting the interdisciplinary research of ten prominent scholars, the book offers new perspectives on adab's multiple meanings and myriad applications for Muslim communities in Malaysia and Indonesia. The chapters examine a wide range of texts including the writings of key Muslim thinkers and contexts, focusing on the everyday experiences of lay Muslims. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and methodological lenses, the essays reveal how 'beautiful behavior' impacts local institutions, cultural practices, and religious imaginations via politics and law, spirituality and piety, ethics and experience"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xiii, 237 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781350170124
9781350041714