Abdessamad Belhaj

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Structures, Figures and Functions


Structures of religious authority

Even if mosques and Islamic associations continue to be the privileged places of religious authority, the virtual space has gained momentum in recent years, not ably because of the health situation which has forced mosques to close for a few months, and to limit the number of people who congregate there for most of the last two years. The popularity of podcasts and TikTok is particularly noteworthy, where young, unknown French preachers are appearing, in addition to preachers’ accounts that are already popular on WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, etc., knowing that these preachers convey traditional discourse on licit and illicit norms and on daily life and relations with women.1

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó – Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2024

ISBN: 978 963 454 960 4

Authority is a key question in Islamic studies and beyond. This book examines the nature, figures, structures and functions of religious authority in contemporary Islamic ethics. It also discusses how Islamic authority and political power compete and/or cooperate in Muslim contexts and Europe. Moreover, it provides a coherent framework to understand authority as a moral foundation in relation to community, power, tradition and subversion. Various cases from Europe and the Muslim world are studied here to showcase the claims and practices of authority in their contexts. Despite its active role and resourcefulness in contemporary Islam, religious authority has to confront many limitations, including the dynamics of secularisation and individualisation. The author is a senior researcher at the Religion and Society Research Institute of the Eötvös József Research Centre at the University of Public Service (Budapest).

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/belhaj-authority-in-contemporary-islam//

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