1st Edition
Routledge Handbook of Islamic Ritual and Practice
Ritual and practice are one of the most distinctive features of religion, and they are linked with its central beliefs. Islam is no exception here, and this Handbook covers many aspects of those beliefs and practices. It describes the variety of what takes place but mainly why, and what the implications of both the theory and practice have for our understanding of Islam. The book includes accounts of prayer, food, pilgrimage, mosques, and the various legal and doctrinal schools that exist within Islam, with the focus on how they influence practice.
The volume is organized in terms of texts, groups, practices, places, and others. An attempt has been made to discuss the wide range of Muslim ritual and practice and provide a sound guide to this significant aspect of the religious life of one of the largest groups of believers in the world today.
Introduction Oliver Leaman
TEXTS
Chapter 1: The Qur’an: Ritual, Practice, Embodiment and Culture Natana J. DeLong-Bas
Chapter 2: Hadith Mansur Ali
GROUPS
Chapter 3: The Hanafis Hamza Dudgeon
Chapter 4: The Hanbalis: the Later-Generation and the development of the mu‘tamad opinions Jewel Jalil and Saud al-Sarhan
Chapter 5: Malikis Delfina Serrano-Ruano
Chapter 6: Salafi Ritual Law and Practice Richard Gauvain
Chapter 7: The Shafiʿis Nuha Alshaar
Chapter 8: Shi‘i Rituals and Practices Liyakat Takim
Chapter 9: The Ismailis: History, Doctrines and Ritual Practices Shiraz Kabani
Chapter 10: Ibadis Adam Gaiser
Chapter 11: Ritual Practices among the ʿAlawis, the Druze, the Ahmadis, and Black Muslims Fachrizal Halim
Chapter 12: Sufis: Invoking God’s name and the Practice of Dhikr Raid al-Daghistani
Chapter 13: Returning to God: Constructing Agency Through the Practice of Dhikr in Sufi Islam Feyza Akova
PRACTICES
Chapter 14: Prayer Stephen Burge
Chapter 15: Language, Ritual and non-Ritual Prayer: Salat and Do’a Niloofar Haeri
Chapter 16: Qur’an Recital Lauren Osborn
Chapter 17: Ramadan Herman Beck
Chapter 18: Mawlid Andrea Stanton
Chapter 19: Circumcision Shazia Moosa, Mahnoor Nawab, Hira Zuberi, Lubna Samad
Chapter 20: Halal Slaughter John Lever and Awal Fuseini
Chapter 21: Tahara Serdar Kurnaz
Chapter 22: The Social Dynamics of Khulʿ: The Experience of German Muslims Mahmoud Jaraba
Chapter 23: Islamic Fashion Heather Akou
Chapter 24: Young adults: Fueling Young Muslim Adults’ Religiosity by Connecting Islamic Beliefs and Practices across their Development Mona Abo-Zena and Abdul-Malik Merchant
PLACES
Chapter 25: Sacred space Simon O’Meara
Chapter 26: Sacred spaces: adaptation and early Islam Essam Ayyad
Chapter 27: Twelver Shi‘a Pilgrimage – Ziyara Ingvild Flaskerud
Chapter 28: Ziyara (ʿAlawi Ritual and Practice) Amelia Gallagher
Chapter 29: The Qibla: Ritual Orientation in the Formation of Islamic Collective Identity Ari Gordon
OTHERS
Chapter 30: Animals as Agents? A Qur’anic View Asmaa El Maaroufi
Chapter 31: Heresy or Moral Imperative? Islamic Perspectives on Veganism Zinnira Shaikh
Chapter 32: "Islamic reformism": colonial influence on Muslim intellectual practice Mohamed Amine Brahimi
Chapter 33: Qur’an, Rituals and Muslim Memory of Jews Mehnaz M. Afridi
Chapter 34: Muslim attitudes to Christian ritual and practice Clinton Bennett
Chapter 35: Interfaith Practices Elizabeth Becker
Chapter 36: Ritual, Embodiment and Creativity in the Muslim Diaspora: Transnational Migrations and Symbolic Returns Pnina Werbner
Chapter 37: The Secular World Ufuk Topkara
Chapter 38: Rituals, equality, and difference Oliver Leaman
Index
Biography
Oliver Leaman writes on philosophy and religion, and his latest book is Islam and Morality, 2019.
