Islam and society in Pakistan : anthropological perspectives /
edited by Magnus Marsden.
- xxxiv, 462 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Oxford in Pakistan readings in sociology and social anthropology .
- Oxford in Pakistan readings in sociology and social anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [404]-434) and index.
1. Of children and jinns -- 2. The modern businessman and the Pakistani saint -- 3. Islamic influences on socio-legal conditions of Pakistani women -- 4. Religious education and the rhetoric of reform -- 5. Reforming mysticism -- 6. Flagellation and fundamentalism -- 7. The Sunni-Shia conflict in Jhang (Pakistan) -- 8. Langar -- 9. All-male sonic gatherings, Islamic reform & masculinity in northern Pakistan -- 10. Selves and others -- 11. Islam, the State, and identity -- 12. Sakineh, the narrator of Karbala -- 13. Al-Huda : of Allah and the Power-Point -- 14. The rise of Sunni militancy in Pakistan -- 15. The poetics of 'Sufi' practice.
9780195479577 (hardback) 0195479572 (hardback)
2010344817
015971370 Uk
Islam--Social aspects--Pakistan.
Islam and politics--Pakistan.
297.27 / ISL
Includes bibliographical references (pages [404]-434) and index.
1. Of children and jinns -- 2. The modern businessman and the Pakistani saint -- 3. Islamic influences on socio-legal conditions of Pakistani women -- 4. Religious education and the rhetoric of reform -- 5. Reforming mysticism -- 6. Flagellation and fundamentalism -- 7. The Sunni-Shia conflict in Jhang (Pakistan) -- 8. Langar -- 9. All-male sonic gatherings, Islamic reform & masculinity in northern Pakistan -- 10. Selves and others -- 11. Islam, the State, and identity -- 12. Sakineh, the narrator of Karbala -- 13. Al-Huda : of Allah and the Power-Point -- 14. The rise of Sunni militancy in Pakistan -- 15. The poetics of 'Sufi' practice.
9780195479577 (hardback) 0195479572 (hardback)
2010344817
015971370 Uk
Islam--Social aspects--Pakistan.
Islam and politics--Pakistan.
297.27 / ISL