Muslim Voices and Lives in the Contemporary World

2008. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-37282-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 245 g

This book tells the stories of eleven remarkable people in the Islamic world, from a religious musician in Pakistan who sings the sufferings of the saints and hopes to bring reconciliation to his country, to the son of one of the greatest Shi'ite scholars of Iraq who was murdered trying to restore peace in his city.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trix, F.

Walbridge, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Seeing of our Eyes:'Albanian Sufi Baba (Balkan Sufi leader in US)- F. Trix Fadma:  Healer of Women& Weaver of Textiles (Moroccan Berber healer)- C. Becker Master Singer of Pakistan: Baba Shafqat (Pakistani religious musician)- J.& L. Walbridge Esmat's Life of Travail:'You Yourself help me God' (Iranian village woman)- M. Hegland Emine: Muslim University Student in Berlin (Turkish student in Germany)- K. Ewing The Intricacies of Being Senegal's Shi'ite Sheikh (Lebanese religious leader in West Africa)- M. Leichtman Son of an Ayatollah:  Abd al-Majid al-Khu'i (Iraqi religious leader in Great Britain)- J.& L. Walbridge The Irrepressible Salma (Afghan aid agency manager)- P. Omidian Growing up Muslim in America: Dr. Anisa Cook (African-American pediatrician)- F. Trix A Javanese Muslim Life of Learning (Indonesian legal scholar)- R. M. Feener A Hometown Artist of the World: Sabah Naim (Visual artist in Egypt)- J. Winegar

Über Autor(innen)

FRANCES TRIX is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Indiana University, USA. 

JOHN WALBRIDGE is a professor of Near Eastern Languages at Indiana University, USA, specializing in Islamic Philosophy, Science, and Education.

The late LINDA WALBRIDGE was a cultural anthropologist who specialized in Shi'ism and minorities in Islamic countries.