6 - Modern Islam
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 May 2020
Summary
There are distinctive features of contemporary Islam that derive from features of modernity itself – the state, travel, effortless communication, public literacy, etc. Despite these differences, the model of Lived Islam is shown to explain and to facilitate analysis of the distinctive features of Modern Islam.
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- Lived IslamColloquial Religion in a Cosmopolitan Tradition, pp. 126 - 159Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020