Teaching Islam : : Textbooks and Religion in the Middle East / / ed. by Gregory Starrett, Eleanor Abdella Doumato.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Abdella Doumato, Eleanor,; Alqudsi-ghabra, Taghreed,; Altan, Ozlem,; Anderson, Betty,; Brown, Nathan,; Da‘Na, Seif,; Doumato, Eleanor Abdella,; Eissa, Muhammad S.,; Landis, Joshua,; Limbert, Mandana E.,; Mehran, Golnar,; Starrett, Gregory,; Toronto, James A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Doumato, Eleanor Abdella,; Starrett, Gregory,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1. Textbook Islam, Nation Building, and the Question of Violence --; 2. Egypt: Promoting Tolerance, Defending Against Islamism --; 3. Iran: A Shi‘ite Curriculum to Serve the Islamic State --; 4. Jordan: Prescription for Obedience and Conformity --; 5. Kuwait: Striving to Align Islam with Western Values --; 6. Oman: Cultivating Good Citizens and Religious Virtue --; 7. The Palestinian National Authority: The Politics of Writing and Interpreting Curricula --; 8. Saudi Arabia: From “Wahhabi” Roots to Contemporary Revisionism --; 9. Syria: Secularism, Arabism, and Sunni Orthodoxy --; 10. Turkey: Sanctifying a Secular State --; 11. Textbook Meanings and the Power of Interpretation --; 12. Conclusion: Tailor-Made Islam --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626372726; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626372726
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Gregory Starrett, Eleanor Abdella Doumato.

Explores the political and social priorities behind religious education in nine Middle Eastern countries.