The Sociology of Shari’a: Case Studies from around the World

Possamai, Adam, Richardson, James T, Turner, Bryan S. (Eds.)

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This edited volume offers a collection of papers that presents a comparative analysis of the development of Shari’a in countries with Muslim minorities, such as America, Australia, China, Germany,  Italy, Singapore, South Africa and the Philippines, as well as countries with Muslim majorities, such as Malaysia, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Tunisia. The Sociology of Shari’a provides a global analysis of these important legal transformations and  examines the topic from a sociological perspective. In addition, the third part of the book includes case studies that explore some ground-breaking applications of theoretical perspectives such as those from Chambliss and Eisenstadt.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction: Legal Pluralism and Shari’a, Bryan S. Turner and Adam Possamai.- Part 1. Case Studies from Muslim Majority Countries.- 2. One State, Three Legal Systems: Social Cohesion in a Multi-ethnic and Multi-religious Malaysia, Shamsul, A. B.- 3. Modern Law, Traditional ‘Shalish’ and Civil Society Activism in Bangladesh, Habibul Haque Khondker.- 4. Semi-Official Turkish Muslim Legal Pluralism: Encounters between Secular Official Law and Unofficial Shari’a, Ihsan Yilmaz.- Part 2. Case Studies from Muslim Minority Countries.- 5.  Soft Authoritarianism, Social Diversity and Legal Pluralism: The Case of Singapore, Bryan S. Turner.- 6.  The Philippine Shari’a Courts and the Code of Muslim Personal Laws, Isabelita Solamo-Antonio.- 7. Shari’a and Muslim Women’s Agency in a Multicultural Context: Recent Changes in Sports Culture, Helen McCue and Ghena Krayem.- 8. Shari’a Law in Catholic Italy: A Non-agnostic Model of Accommodation, Vito Breda.- 9. Trial and Error: Muslims and Shari’a in the German Context, Wolf D. Ahmed Aries and James T. Richardson.- 10. Between the Sacred and the Secular: Living Islam in China, Yuting Wang.- 11. The Case of the Recognition of Muslim Personal Law in South Africa: Colonialism, Apartheid and Constitutional Democracy, Wesahl Domingo.- Part 3. Theoretical and Comparative Considerations.- 12. The Constitutionalization of Shari’a In Muslim Societies: Comparing Indonesia, Tunisia And Egypt, Arskal Salim.- 13. Legal Pluralism and the Shari’a: A Comparison of Greece and Turkey.- Bryan S. Turner and Berna Zengin Arslan.- 14. Contradictions, Conflicts, Dilemmas, and Temporary Resolutions: A Sociology of Law Analysis of Shari’a in Selected Western Societies, James T. Richardson.- 15. Perception of Shari’a in Sydney and New York Newspapers, Adam Possamai, Bryan Turner, Joshua Roose, Selda Dagistanli and Malcolm Voyce.- 16. Profiting from Shari’a: Islamic Banking and Finance in Australia, Salim Farrar.- 17.  Shari’a and Multiple Modernities in Western Countries: Toward a Multi-faith Pragmatic Modern Approach Rather Than a Legal Pluralist One? Adam Possamai.- 18. The Future of Legal Pluralism, Bryan S. Turner and James T. Richardson.  

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Grace Davie  Religion in Britain: A Persistent Paradox.

Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 2015

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Religion in Britain: A Persistent Paradox describes and explains the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain.  It explores the country’s increasing secularity alongside religion’s growing presence in public debate, and the impact of this paradox on different aspects of British society (religious organizations, politics, the law, education and welfare).  It is based on the highly successful Religion in Britain Since 1945 (Blackwell, 1994) but has been comprehensively re-written to reflect the current situation.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures and Tables ix
• Preface xi
• Part I Preliminaries 1
• 1 Introduction: A Framework for Discussion 3
• 2 Contexts and Generations 19
• 3 Facts and Figures 41
• Part II Religious Legacies 69
• 4 Cultural Heritage, Believing without Belonging and Vicarious Religion 71
• 5 Territory, Politics and Institutions 91
• 6 Presence: Who Can Do What For Whom? 113
• Part III Shifting Priorities: From Obligation to Consumption 133
• 7 An Emerging Market: Gainers and Losers 135
• 8 Proliferations of the Spiritual 155
• Part IV Public Religion and Secular Reactions 175
• 9 Managing Diversity 177
• 10 Religion in Public Life 197
• Part V Thinking Theoretically 219
• 11 Religion and Modernity Continued 221
• References 237
• Index 255

Grace Davie is Professor emeritus in Sociology at the University of Exeter, UK and a former President of the ISA RC 22 Research Committee

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The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood
Beth Baron
Stanford University Press, July 2014
http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/orphan-scandal

On a sweltering June morning in 1933 a fifteen-year-old Muslim orphan girl refused to rise in a show of respect for her elders at her Christian missionary school in Port Said. Her intransigence led to a
beating—and to the end of most foreign missions in Egypt—and contributed to the rise of Islamist organizations.

Turkiyya Hasan left the Swedish Salaam Mission with scratches on her legs and a suitcase of evidence of missionary misdeeds. Her story hit a nerve among Egyptians, and news of the beating quickly spread through the country. Suspicion of missionary schools, hospitals, and homes increased, and a vehement anti-missionary movement swept the country.

That missionaries had won few converts was immaterial to Egyptian observers: stories such as Turkiyya’s showed that the threat to Muslims and Islam was real. This is a great story of unintended consequences: Christian missionaries came to Egypt to convert and provide social services for children. Their actions ultimately inspired the development of the Muslim Brotherhood and similar Islamist groups.

In The Orphan Scandal, Beth Baron provides a new lens through which to view the rise of Islamic groups in Egypt. This fresh perspective offers a starting point to uncover hidden links between Islamic activists and a broad cadre of Protestant evangelicals. Exploring the historical aims of the Christian missions and the early efforts of the Muslim Brotherhood, Baron shows how the Muslim Brotherhood and like-minded Islamist associations developed alongside and in reaction to the influx of missionaries. Patterning their organization and social welfare projects on the early success of the Christian missions, the Brotherhood launched their own efforts to “save” children and provide for the orphaned, abandoned, and poor. In battling for Egypt’s children, Islamic activists created a network of social welfare institutions and a template for social action across the country—the effects of which, we now know, would only gain power and influence across the country in the decades to come.

Beth Baron is Professor of History at City College and Director of the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY. She is the author of Egypt as a Woman: Nationalism, Gender, and Politics (2005) and The Women’s Awakening in Egypt: Culture, Society, and the Press (1994).

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