The Promise of Piety: Islam and the Politics of Moral Order in Pakistan

by Arsalan Khan

Book Overview

In The Promise of Piety, Arsalan Khan examines the zealous commitment to a distinct form of face-to-face preaching (dawat) among Pakistani Tablighis, practitioners of the transnational Islamic piety movement the Tablighi Jamaat. This group says that Muslims have abandoned their religious duties for worldly pursuits, creating a state of moral chaos apparent in the breakdown of relationships in the family, nation, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501773577
• ISBN13: 9781501773570
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher