The Divine Bureaucracy and Disenchantment of Social Life: A Study of Bureaucratic Islam in Malaysia

by Maznah Mohamad

Book Overview

This book traces the expansion of Islamisation within a modern and plural state such as Malaysia. It elaborates on how elements of theology, sacred space, resources, and their interactivity with secular instruments such as legislative, electoral, and new social technological platforms are all instrumentally employed to consolidate a divine bureaucracy. The book makes the point that religious social movements and political parties are only few of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981152095X
• ISBN13: 9789811520952
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"