Sharia transformations : cultural politics and the rebranding of an Islamic judiciary
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Sharia transformations : cultural politics and the rebranding of an Islamic judiciary
University of California Press, c2020
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  Gunma
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  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Few symbols in today's world are as laden and fraught as sharia-an Arabic-origin term referring to the straight path, the path God revealed for humans, the norms and rules guiding Muslims on that path, and Islamic law and normativity as enshrined in sacred texts or formal statute. Yet the ways in which Muslim men and women experience the myriad dimensions of sharia often go unnoticed and unpublicized. So too do recent historical changes in sharia judiciaries and contemporary strategies on the part of political and religious elites, social engineers, and brand stewards to shape, solidify, and rebrand these institutions.
Sharia Transformations is an ethnographic, historical, and theoretical study of the practice and lived entailments of sharia in Malaysia, arguably the most economically successful Muslim-majority nation in the world. The book focuses on the routine everyday practices of Malaysia's sharia courts and the changes that have occurred in the court discourses and practices in recent decades. Michael G. Peletz approaches Malaysia's sharia judiciary as a global assemblage and addresses important issues in the humanistic and social-scientific literature concerning how Malays and other Muslims engage ethical norms and deal with law, social justice, and governance in a rapidly globalizing world.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Note on Spelling, Terminology, and Currency
Glossary of Frequently Used Malay Terms
Introduction: Sharia, Cultural Politics, Anthropology
1. Sharia Judiciary as Global Assemblage: Islamization,
Corporatization, and Other Transformations in Context
2. A Tale of Two Courts: Judicial Transformation, Corporate
Islamic Governmentality, and the New Punitiveness
3. What Are Sulh Sessions? After Ijtihad, Islamic ADR, and
Pastoral Power
4. Discourse, Practice, and Rebranding in Kuala Lumpur's
Sharia Courthouse
5. Are Women Getting (More) Justice? Ethnographic, Historical,
and Comparative Perspectives
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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