Afghanistan's Islam :
Afghanistan's Islam : From Conversion to the Taliban / ed. by Nile Green. - Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016] ©2016 - 1 online resource (354 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction Afghanistan's Islam -- Part One. From Conversions to Institutions (Ca. 700-1500) -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginnings of Islam in Afghanistan -- 2 Women and Religious Patronage in the Timurid Empire -- 3 The Rise of the Khwajagan-Naqshbandiyya Sufi Order in Timurid Herat -- Part Two. The Infrastructure of Religious Ideas (Ca. 1500-1850) -- Introduction -- 4 Earning a Living -- 5 Transporting Knowledge in the Durrani Empire -- Part Three. New States, New Discourses (Ca. 1850-1980) -- Introduction -- 6 Islam, Shari'a, and State Building under 'Abd al-Rahman Khan -- 7 Competing Views of Pashtun Tribalism, Islam, and Society in the Indo-Afghan Borderlands -- 8 Nationalism, Not Islam -- Part Four. Holy Warriors and (Im)Pious Women (1979-2014) -- Introduction -- 9 Glossy Global Leadership -- 10 Female Sainthood between Politics and Legend -- 11 When Muslims Become Feminists -- Afterword -- Notes -- Glossary of Islamic Terms -- List of Contributors -- Index
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book provides the first overview of the history and development of Islam in Afghanistan. Written by leading international experts, chapters cover every era from the conversion of Afghanistan through the medieval period to the present day. Based on primary sources in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, and Urdu, its depth of coverage is unrivalled in providing a developmental picture of Afghanistan's Islam, including such issues as the rise of Sufism, women's religiosity, state religious policies, and transnational Islamism. Looking beyond the unifying rhetoric of theology, the book reveals the disparate and contested forms of Afghanistan's Islam.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9780520967373
2016036746
Islam--History.--Afghanistan
Muslims--History.--Afghanistan
RELIGION / Islam / General.
afghanistan. conquests. conversion. eastern world. female sainthood. feminism. global history. islam. islamic culture. islamic history. islamic world. middle east. middle eastern. muslim feminists. muslim history. religion. religious extremists. religious ideas. religious studies. sharia law. taliban. timurid empire. womens issues. womens studies. world history.
BP63.A54 / A39 2017 BP63.A54 / A34 2017
297.09581
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction Afghanistan's Islam -- Part One. From Conversions to Institutions (Ca. 700-1500) -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginnings of Islam in Afghanistan -- 2 Women and Religious Patronage in the Timurid Empire -- 3 The Rise of the Khwajagan-Naqshbandiyya Sufi Order in Timurid Herat -- Part Two. The Infrastructure of Religious Ideas (Ca. 1500-1850) -- Introduction -- 4 Earning a Living -- 5 Transporting Knowledge in the Durrani Empire -- Part Three. New States, New Discourses (Ca. 1850-1980) -- Introduction -- 6 Islam, Shari'a, and State Building under 'Abd al-Rahman Khan -- 7 Competing Views of Pashtun Tribalism, Islam, and Society in the Indo-Afghan Borderlands -- 8 Nationalism, Not Islam -- Part Four. Holy Warriors and (Im)Pious Women (1979-2014) -- Introduction -- 9 Glossy Global Leadership -- 10 Female Sainthood between Politics and Legend -- 11 When Muslims Become Feminists -- Afterword -- Notes -- Glossary of Islamic Terms -- List of Contributors -- Index
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book provides the first overview of the history and development of Islam in Afghanistan. Written by leading international experts, chapters cover every era from the conversion of Afghanistan through the medieval period to the present day. Based on primary sources in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, and Urdu, its depth of coverage is unrivalled in providing a developmental picture of Afghanistan's Islam, including such issues as the rise of Sufism, women's religiosity, state religious policies, and transnational Islamism. Looking beyond the unifying rhetoric of theology, the book reveals the disparate and contested forms of Afghanistan's Islam.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9780520967373
2016036746
Islam--History.--Afghanistan
Muslims--History.--Afghanistan
RELIGION / Islam / General.
afghanistan. conquests. conversion. eastern world. female sainthood. feminism. global history. islam. islamic culture. islamic history. islamic world. middle east. middle eastern. muslim feminists. muslim history. religion. religious extremists. religious ideas. religious studies. sharia law. taliban. timurid empire. womens issues. womens studies. world history.
BP63.A54 / A39 2017 BP63.A54 / A34 2017
297.09581