Can Islam Be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State

Can Islam Be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
ISBN-10
0691152497
ISBN-13
9780691152493
Category
History
Pages
243
Language
English
Published
2011-11-06
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Author
John R. Bowen

Description

Bowen asks not the usual question--how well are Muslims integrating in France?--but, rather, how do French Muslims think about Islam? In particular, Bowen examines how French Muslims are fashioning new Islamic institutions and developing new ways of reasoning and teaching. He looks at some of the quite distinct ways in which mosques have connected with broader social and political forces, how Islamic educational entrepreneurs have fashioned niches for new forms of schooling, and how major Islamic public actors have set out a specifically French approach to religious norms. --from publisher description.

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