Islamic Prayer Across The Indian Ocean: Inside And Outside The Mosque (routledge Indian Ocean Series)

In its attempt to squash the influence of animism and pantheism or polytheism and to promote the idea of the One and Only Absolute God, Islam has come up against a tendency within itself to incorporate certain local religious traditions and practices. This book shares that combination of universality and local particularity, exploring this paradox and the contradictory tendencies contained in it. Islam In Characterised By A Number Of Inner Dualities And Oppositions Of Practice And Belief. In Its Attempt To Squash The Influence Of Animism And Pantheism Or Polytheism And To Promote The Idea Of The One And Only Absolute, God, Islam Has Come Up Against A Tendency Within Itself To Incorporate Certain Local Religious Traditions And Practices. Islamic Prayer Shares This Combination Of Universality And Local Particularity. This Book Explores This Paradox And The Contradictory Tendencies Contained In It.--jacket. Inside And Outside The Mosque : A Master Trope / David Parkin -- Imputations Of Faith An Allegiance : Islamic Prayer And Indonesian Politics Outside The Mosque / John R. Bowen -- Islamic And Non-islamic Prayer In Java / Andrew Beatty -- Localising Islamic Performances In Mayotte / Michael Lambek -- Swahili And Ismāʻīlī Perceptions Of Salāt / Farouk Topan -- Portrait Of Seyyid Silima From Zanzibar : Piety And Subversion In Islamic Prayer / Allyson Purpura -- Invocation : Salaa, Dua, Sadaka And The Question Of Self-determination / David Parkin -- Sembah/salat : The Javanisation Of Islamic Prayer, The Islamisation Of Javanese Prayer / Stephen C. Headley. Edited By David Parkin And Stephen C. Headley. Papers Presented At A Workshop Held In Oxford In March 1998 Under The Auspices Of The Institute Of Social And Cultural Anthropology. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 239-249) And Index. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Contributors Preface 1 Inside and Outside the Mosque: a Master Trope 2 Imputations of Faith and Allegiance: Islamic Prayer and Indonesian Politics Outside the Mosque 3 Islamic and Non-islamic Prayer in Java 4 Localising Islamic Performances in Mayotte 5 Swahili and Ismā'īlī Perceptions of Salāt 6 Portrait of Seyyid Silima from Zanzibar: Piety and Subversion in Islamic Prayer 7 Invocation: Salaa, Dua, Sadaka and the Question of Self-determination 8 Sembah/Salat: The Javanisation of Islamic Prayer; The Islamisation of Javanese Prayer 9 Afterword: The Mirror in the Mosque. . . Bibliography Index