Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-357) and index.
Contents
1. The Social Organization of the Ritual Setting: The Mosque in Time and Space -- 2. The Authority of Preachers -- 3. The Mosque and the Cult of the Saint -- 4. Islamization: The Tarboosh and the Beard -- 5. The Sermon as Public Discourse -- 6. Security and Belief in the Rhetoric of the Sermon -- 7. Security and Belief: The Transformation of Social Status -- 8. Morality and Religion in Ideology and Action -- 9. Formalization and Structure: The Preacher as the Affirmation of Traditional Authority -- 10. Creativity and Adaptation: The Preacher as Advocate of Religiously Inspired Modernity -- 11. Unity and Commitment: The Preacher as Apologist for the Ideology of Islamic Fundamentalism -- App. A. Sermon of Shaykh Mustafa, May 18, 1979 -- App. B. Sermon of Shaykh Uthman, December 15, 1978 -- App. C. Sermon of Shaykh Umar, April 6, 1979.