Muslim Preaching in the Middle East and Beyond: Historical and Contemporary Case Studies

Simon Stjernholm; Elisabeth Özdalga

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2020

Muslim Preaching in the Middle East and Beyond

Historical and Contemporary Case Studies

Simon Stjernholm and Elisabeth Özdalga

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474467490

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Explores Muslim religious oratory across time, culture and media

Explores the huge variety of Muslim religious oratory in Muslim majority and minority contexts
Calls attention to a shared discursive tradition
Combines analyses of political and ideological uses of oratory with a focus on its ritual aspects and ramifications
Emphasises the impact of various types of media for the authoritative power of religious oratory
Stresses the symbolic power of religious oratory and its impact on cultural and national identity

Preaching has been central to Muslim communities throughout the centuries. The liturgical Friday sermon is a prime example, although other genres that are less commonly known also serve important functions. This book addresses the ways in which Muslims relate various forms of religious oratory to authoritative tradition in 21st-century Islamic practice, while striving to adapt to local contexts and the changing circumstances of politics, media and society. This is the first book of its kind to look at homiletics beyond a specific country focus.

Taking into consideration the historical developments of Muslim preaching, it offers a collection of thoroughly contextualised case studies of oratory in Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bosnia, Sweden and the USA. The analyses presented here show shared emphasis on struggles for legitimacy, efforts to speak authoritatively, as well as discursive opportunities and constraints.

Contributors

Jonathan P. Berkey, James B. Duke Professor of History, Davidson College, USA.

Linda G. Jones, Associate Professor of History, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.

Laila Makboul, University of Oslo, Norway.

Susanne Olsson, Professor of History of Religions, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Catharina Raudvere, Professor of History of Religions, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Jan Retsö, Professor emeritus of Arabic, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Simon Stjernholm, Associate Professor of History of Religions, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Elisabeth Özdalga, Professor of Sociology, Senior Researcher at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, Sweden and Turkey.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
About the Authors Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Note on Transliteration Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction Simon Stjernholm and Elisabeth Özdalga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Ritual and Performance
1 The Framework of Islamic Rhetoric: The Ritual of the Khuṭba and its Origin Jan Retsö Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 The Khuṭba Scene in Arab Religious Films and TV Dramas Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3 Instructive Speech among Bosnian Muslim Women: Sermons, Lessons or Guidance? Catharina Raudvere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Part II Power and Authority
4 Preaching and the Problem of Religious Authority in Medieval Islam Jonathan P. Berkey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
5 Friday Sermons in a Secular State: Religious Institution-building in Modern Turkey Elisabeth Özdalga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Part III Mediation
6 Going Online: Saudi Female Intellectual Preachers in the New Media Laila Makboul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
7 Brief Reminders: Muslim Preachers, Mediation and Time Simon Stjernholm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Part IV Identities
8 Advising and Warning the People: Swedish Salafis on Violence, Renunciation and Life in the Suburbs Susanne Olsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
9 Discourses on Marriage, Religious Identity and Gender in Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Preaching: Continuities and Adaptations Linda G. Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Epilogue Simon Stjernholm and Elisabeth Özdalga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474467490