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Author Bowen, John R. (John Richard), 1951-

Title Can Islam be French? : pluralism and pragmatism in a secularist state / John R. Bowen.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.697 B786C    Check Shelf
Description ix, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Princeton studies in Muslim politics
Princeton studies in Muslim politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Islam and the republic -- Fashioning the French Islamic landscape -- Mosques facing outward -- Shaping knowledge to France -- Differntiating schools -- Can an Islamic school be republican? -- Should there be an Islam for Europe? -- Negotiating across realms of justification -- Islamic spheres in republican space.
Summary 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
Subject Muslims -- France.
Islam -- France.
Islam and politics -- France.
ISBN 9780691132839 hardcover alkaline paper
0691132836 hardcover alkaline paper
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