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The world is getting more secular. Some conservatives just haven't caught up.
The world is getting more secular. Some conservatives just haven't caught up.
Ryan Schram
Mills 169 (A26)
ryan.schram@sydney.edu.au
14 May 2015
Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/2667/10
Readings
Deeb, Lara. 2009. “Piety Politics and the Role of a Transnational Feminist Analysis.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 15: S112–26.
Mahmood, Saba. 2001. “Rehearsed Spontaneity and the Conventionality of Ritual: Disciplines of Şalat.” American Ethnologist 28 (4): 827–53. doi:10.1525/ae.2001.28.4.827.
Harding, Susan. 1991. “Representing Fundamentalism: The Problem of the Repugnant Cultural Other.” Social Research 58 (2): 373–93.
Brenner, Suzanne. 1996. “Reconstructing Self and Society: Javanese Muslim Women and ‘the Veil.’” American Ethnologist 23 (4): 673–97. doi:10.1525/ae.1996.23.4.02a00010.
Other media
Ali, Lorraine. 2010. “For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges.” The New York Times, June 11. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/fashion/13veil.html.
Cohn, Nate. 2015. “Big Drop in Share of Americans Calling Themselves Christian.” The New York Times, May 12. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/upshot/big-drop-in-share-of-americans-calling-themselves-christian.html.
Eltahawy, Mona. 2015. “My Unveiling Ceremony.” The New York Times, April 10. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/opinion/mona-eltahawy-my-unveiling-ceremony.html.
Perez, Michael. 2014. “Does a Women-Only Pool Mean Segregation? Not Quite.” The Islamic Monthly. March 30. http://theislamicmonthly.com/does-a-woman-only-pool-mean-segregation/.
Scott, Joan Wallach. 2008. “Gender Equality and Islamic Headscarves.” The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion and the Public Sphere. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/02/10/gender-equality-and-islamic-headscarves/.
Key ideas for this week
- The Islamic Revival
- The Moral Majority
- Asad
- Mahmood
- Muslim feminism
A guide to the unit
ANTH 2667: The anthropology of religion—a guide to the unit