Journey to the End of Islam
Knight, Michael Muhammad
In Journey to the End of Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight? whose work has led to him being hailed as both the Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson of American Islam? wanders through Muslim countries, navigating between conflicting visions of his religion. Visiting holy sites in Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, and Ethiopia, Knight engages both the puritanical Islam promoted by Saudi globalization and the heretical strands of popular folk Islam: shrines, magic, music, and drugs. The conflict of?global" and?local" Islam speaks to Knight's own experience approaching the Islamic world as a uni.
Abstract: In Journey to the End of Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight? whose work has led to him being hailed as both the Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson of American Islam? wanders through Muslim countries, navigating between conflicting visions of his religion. Visiting holy sites in Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, and Ethiopia, Knight engages both the puritanical Islam promoted by Saudi globalization and the heretical strands of popular folk Islam: shrines, magic, music, and drugs. The conflict of?global" and?local" Islam speaks to Knight's own experience approaching the Islamic world as a uni
Abstract: In Journey to the End of Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight? whose work has led to him being hailed as both the Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson of American Islam? wanders through Muslim countries, navigating between conflicting visions of his religion. Visiting holy sites in Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, and Ethiopia, Knight engages both the puritanical Islam promoted by Saudi globalization and the heretical strands of popular folk Islam: shrines, magic, music, and drugs. The conflict of?global" and?local" Islam speaks to Knight's own experience approaching the Islamic world as a uni
年:
2009
出版社:
Soft Skull Press
语言:
english
页:
487
ISBN 10:
1593765525
ISBN 13:
9781593765521
文件:
EPUB, 618 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2009