Rebranding Islam : piety, prosperity, and a self-help guru / James Bourk Hoesterey.
Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research CenterPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]Copyright date: copy©2016Description: 1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780804795111 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780804796378 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780804796385 (e-book)
- 297.4092 B 23
- BP80.G93 H64 2016eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : authority, subjectivity, and the cultural politics of public piety -- Branding Islam : autobiography, authenticity, and religious authority -- Enchanting science : popular psychology as religious wisdom -- Ethical entrepreneurs : Islamic ethics and the spirit of capitalism -- Prophetic cosmopolitanism : the Prophet Muhammad as psycho-civic exemplar -- Shaming the state : pornography and the moral psychology of statecraft -- Sincerity and scandal : the moral and market logics of religious authority -- Conclusion : figuring Islam : popular culture and the cutting edge of public piety.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.