Teaching Islam : textbooks and religion in the Middle East / edited by Eleanor Abdella Doumato, Gregory Starrett.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.Description: vi, 267 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:- 1588264505 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781588264503 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 297.770 22 DOU
- BP43.M628 T43 2007
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | National Defence College (NDC) Library | BP 43 .I48T43 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 7836/09 | |
Book | National Defence College (NDC) Library | BP 43 .I48T43 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 7837/09 |
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.
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