Beyond Piety and Politics : Religion, Social Relations, and Public ...

Indiana University Press

Beyond Piety and PoliticsReligion, Social Relations, and Public Preferences in the Middle East and North Africa\nAuthor(s): Sabri Ciftci, F. Michael Wuthrich, Ammar Shamaileh\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253060532, 978-0253060532\nSynopsis\nHow do ordinary men and women in Muslim-majority societies create religion-informed views of political topics such as democracy and economics?\n\n 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 categoriesreligious individualist, social communitarian, religious communitarian, and post-Islamistand use these to explore complex and nuanced attitudes of devout Muslims toward issues like democracy and economi.