Can Islam Be French?

John R. Bowen

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Author
John R. Bowen
Publish Date
2009-09-28
Subtitle
Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
230
Publisher Name
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691132836
ISBN-13
9780691132839
citemno
126136
Edition
New Edition
Subject
Islamic Studies
SKU
9780691132839

Description

"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"--OCLC