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Author Starrett, Gregory, 1961-

Title Putting Islam to work : education, politics, and religious transformation in Egypt / Gregory Starrett
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages)
Series Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 25
Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 25.
Contents 1. Creating an Object -- 2. Education and the Management of Populations -- 3. The Progressive Policy of the Government -- 4. Learning about God -- 5. The Path of Clarification -- 6. Growing Up: Four Stories -- 7. State of Emergency -- 8. Broken Boundaries and the Politics of Fear
Summary In this book, Gregory Starrett focuses on the historical interplay of power and public culture, showing how these new forms of communication and a growing state interest in religious instruction have changed the way the Islamci tradition is reproduced
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index
Notes English
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Subject Islam -- Egypt
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion.
Islam
Egypt
Form Electronic book
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