Making Islam Work

Thijl Sunier, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is Professor (em.) of Anthropology of Religion. He has published on Islam in Europe, Islamic movements, and Islam and digitisation. He is chairman of the Netherlands Inter-University School for Islamic Studies and executive editor of the Journal of Muslims in Europe.

• Preface and AcknowledgementNotes on TransliterationIntroduction1 Islamic Authority: Themes, Stakes, and Foci2 Assessing Islamic Authority3 Islamic Authority-Making: Processes, Actors, and Contexts4 Chapters and Cases1 The Religious Broker: Networks, Reciprocity, and Intermediary Power1 Introduction2 What Is a Religious Broker?3 Religious Brokerage in the City of Rotterdam. A Historical Case4 The Emergence of Religious Brokers5 The Dissolution of Religious Brokers6 Conclusions2 The Politics of Imam Training: The Domestication of Islam in Europe1 Introduction2 The Quest for Imams3 Training Initiatives in Europe4 Assessing Imam Training in Europe: What Is at Stake?5 The Politics of Imam Training: Conclusions3 Authoritative Pedagogics: The Sohbet1 Introduction2 Hizmet3 Sohbet as ‘Sensational Form’ and a Site of Devotional Practice4 Sohbet in Practice5 Hizmet as a ‘Way of Life’6 Gender7 Conclusions4 Alternative Authorities: Authority-Making from Below1 Introduction2 Authority-Making from Below, Ethics, Senses of Space and the Production of Locality3 Cases4 Conclusions5 Seeking Authentic Listening Experiences in Shi’ism: Online and Offline Intersections of Majlis PracticesAleeha Zahra Ali and Thijl Sunier1 Introduction2 Shi’a Muslims, Mobility and Story of Karbala3 Majlis: Sermon and Ritual4 Theorising the Majlis5 Digitisation and Shi’ism6 Authority and Authentication7 Transnational Authority8 Listening as a Practice of Authentication9 Who Sits at the Minbar? Ulama, Zakirin, Public Speakers10 The Scholar and the Listeners: Case Study11 Conclusions6 Branding Islam: Imagination and Claims-Making1 Introduction2 Cases3 ConclusionsConclusions1 Reprise2 Cross-Overs, Connections, Entanglements, and Conceptual Threads3 Reflections4 What Else?GlossaryReferencesIndex