Across the Worlds of Islam by Edward E. Curtis (Editor)ISBN: 9780231210645
Publication Date: 2023-07-18
Unlike the majority of introductions to Islam, which all too often elide essential theological and legal debates in favor of presenting a homogenized Middle East-centric view of what Islam represents to all Muslims, this book provides a balanced perspective on Sunni, Shia, and Sufi Islam at the geographic, social, political, embodied, reproductive, and doctrinal margins. Its objective is to develop an inclusive vision of the religion and its many interrelated communities. By paying attention to the values, stories, and practices that characterize Muslim life across sectarian division we are able to render a nuanced portrait that transcends debates about orthodoxy and normativity and gives us more encompassing and accurate views of the forms that Islam takes and how Muslims think and act socially, culturally, theologically, and politically.