Beyond Piety and Politics
How do ordinary men and women in Muslim-majority societies create religion-informed views of political topics such as democracy and economics?
Beyond Piety and Politics provides a groundbreaking approach to understanding the depth and variety of political attitudes held by people who consider themselves to be pious Muslims. Using data to measure religiosity, the authors argue for the existence of four categories--Religious Individualist, Social Communitarian, Post-Islamist, and Religious Communitarian--to explore complex and nuanced worldviews across a wide range of Muslims. They also reveal how intra-faith variation is defined by the dominant or state-sanctioned religion.
By highlighting the dynamic societal and political implications of religious devotion, Beyond Piety and Politics offers a fascinating new theoretical perspective on Islam.
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