Title Beyond piety and politics : religion, social relations, and public preferences in the Middle East and North Africa / by Sabri Ciftci, F. Michael Wuthrich, Ammar Shamaileh

Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 251 pages ) : illustrations Series Middle East studies Middle East studies (Indiana University Press) Contents Introduction -- 1. Religious Communities, the State, and Religious Outlooks -- 2. Attitudes of the Devout: The Nature of the Substance or the Nurture of Relationship? -- 3. Empirical Foundations of Religious Outlooks -- 4. The Individual and Contextual Determinants of Muslim Religious Outlooks in MENA -- 5. Islam and Support for Democracy -- 6. Temporal Change in Religious Outlooks and Political Preferences -- 7. Islam and Distributive Preferences -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "How do ordinary men and women in Muslim-majority societies create religion-informed views of political topics such as democracy and economics? Beyond Piety and Politics provides a groundbreaking approach to understanding the depth and variety of political attitudes held by people who consider themselves to be pious Muslims. Using survey data on religious preferences and behavior, the authors argue for the relevance and importance of four outlook categories-Religious Individualist, Social Communitarian, Post-Islamist, and Religious Communitarian-and use these to explore complex and nuanced attitudes of devout Muslims toward issues like democracy and economic distribution. They also reveal how intra-faith variation in political attitudes is not simply doctrinal differences, but also a product of the social aspects of religious association operating within political contexts. By highlighting the dynamic societal and political implications of religious devotion, Beyond Piety and Politics offers a fascinating new theoretical perspective on Islam and politics"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 10, 2022) Subject Public opinion -- Arab countries Public opinion -- Middle East Public opinion -- Africa, North Islam and politics -- Public opinion POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern Islam and politics -- Public opinion Public opinion Arab countries Middle East North Africa Form Electronic book Author Wuthrich, F. Michael, author. Shamaileh, Ammar, author. LC no. 2021054953 ISBN 9780253060549 0253060540 9780253060556 0253060559

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