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Conservative Islam: A Cultural Anthropology by Erich Kolig analyzes the salient characteristics of Islam and contemporary Muslim society from the perspective of traditional cultural anthropology. Gender issues, the headscarf and veiling, alcohol and pork prohibition, the taboo on satirizing religious contents, violence and jihad, attitudes toward rationalism and modernity, and other important issues that emanate from Islamic doctrine are discursively highlighted as to their origins, symbolic meanings, and importance in the modern world. By highlighting socio-cultural configurations, the universals they represent, the circumstances of their creation, and their semiotic meaning, Kolig helps the reader gain understanding of Islam in the modern world.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Conservative Islam
• Subtitle: A Cultural Anthropology
• Author: Erich Kolig
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 410
• EAN: 9780739174241
• ISBN: 073917424X
• ID: 04669492
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Weight: 744 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 163 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. April 2012

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