Understanding Islam between Theology and Anthropology: Reflections on Geertz’s Islam Observed
There is a divergence between religion and its modes of application, or religion and religiosity. This essay provides a critical analysis of Clifford Geertz’s book Islam Observed and tries to attempt the question of whether Islam is better understood exclusively as a set of socially conditioned symb...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 3 |
Further subjects: | B
Theology
B religious anthropology B Islam B Geertz B popular theology B Sufism B marabouts |
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