Teaching Islam : textbooks and religion in the Middle East /
Teaching Islam : textbooks and religion in the Middle East /
edited by Eleanor Abdella Doumato, Gregory Starrett.
- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.
- vi, 267 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.
Textbook Islam, nation building, and the question of violence / Gregory Starrett and Eleanor Abdella Doumato -- Egypt : promoting tolerance, defending against Islamism / James A. Toronto and Muhammad S. Eissa -- Iran : a Shi'ite curriculum to serve the Islamic state / Golnar Mehran -- Jordan : prescription for obedience and conformity / Betty Anderson -- Kuwait : striving to align Islam with Western values / Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra -- Oman : cultivating good citizens and religious virtue / Mandana E. Limbert -- The Palestinian national authority : the politics of writing and interpreting curricula. Genesis of a new curriculum / Nathan Brown ; A conflict of historical narratives / Seif Da'Na -- Saudi Arabia : from "Wahhabi" roots to contemporary revisionism / Eleanor Abdella Doumato -- Syria : secularism, Arabism, and Sunni orthodoxy / Joshua Landis -- Turkey : sanctifying a secular state / Ozlem Altan -- Textbook meanings and the power of interpretation / Gregory Starrett -- Conclusion : tailor-made Islam / Eleanor Abdella Doumato and Gregory Starrett.
1588264505 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781588264503 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006012601
Islam--Study and teaching--Middle East.
Islamic religious education--Middle East.
Islamic education--Middle East.
Islam and politics--Middle East.
Islam and state--Middle East.
Islamic ethics.
Middle East--Politics and government.
BP43.M628 / T43 2007
297.770 / DOU
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.
Textbook Islam, nation building, and the question of violence / Gregory Starrett and Eleanor Abdella Doumato -- Egypt : promoting tolerance, defending against Islamism / James A. Toronto and Muhammad S. Eissa -- Iran : a Shi'ite curriculum to serve the Islamic state / Golnar Mehran -- Jordan : prescription for obedience and conformity / Betty Anderson -- Kuwait : striving to align Islam with Western values / Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra -- Oman : cultivating good citizens and religious virtue / Mandana E. Limbert -- The Palestinian national authority : the politics of writing and interpreting curricula. Genesis of a new curriculum / Nathan Brown ; A conflict of historical narratives / Seif Da'Na -- Saudi Arabia : from "Wahhabi" roots to contemporary revisionism / Eleanor Abdella Doumato -- Syria : secularism, Arabism, and Sunni orthodoxy / Joshua Landis -- Turkey : sanctifying a secular state / Ozlem Altan -- Textbook meanings and the power of interpretation / Gregory Starrett -- Conclusion : tailor-made Islam / Eleanor Abdella Doumato and Gregory Starrett.
1588264505 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781588264503 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006012601
Islam--Study and teaching--Middle East.
Islamic religious education--Middle East.
Islamic education--Middle East.
Islam and politics--Middle East.
Islam and state--Middle East.
Islamic ethics.
Middle East--Politics and government.
BP43.M628 / T43 2007
297.770 / DOU