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Muslim Preacher in the Modern World: A Jordanian Case Study in Comparative Perspective
By (Author) Richard T. Antoun
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Religious and spiritual figures
297.65
Hardback
306
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
595g
Richard Antoun documents and exemplifies the single most important institution for the propagation of Islam, the Friday congregational sermon delivered in the mosque by the Muslim preacher. In his analysis of various sermons collected in a Jordanian village and in Amman, the author vividly demonstrates the scope of the Islamic corpus (beliefs, ritu