<p>Partly the results of research project at Uppsala University, 20 case studies look at the 85 percent of Muslims who now live outside the Arab world. They examine the spread and character, the variety and complexity, Sufism as the most predominant form, and the significance of the Islamist challenge to secularism and Sufism. They are arranged in geographical sections on Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Europe and the Americas. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)</p>

Islam Outside the Arab World

Religion & Spirituality

Westerlund, David

Svanberg, Ingvar

Islam

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Today about 85 per cent of the world population of Muslims live in areas outside the Arab world, and due to population growth, missionary endeavours and migration, the number of Muslims in these areas is rising rapidly. This volume presents the spread and character of Islam in many non-Arab countries, focusing particularly on the contemporary situation. The book deals with the great variety and complexity that characterize Islam outside the Arab world, with Sufism (the predominant form of Islam in most non-Arab Muslim countries), and with the growing significance of Islamism which challenges secularism and Sufi forms of Islam.

Reference

Routledge

African Islam and Islam in Africa: Encounters Between Sufis and Islamists

History

Africa

Ohio University Press

The increasing significance and visibility of relationships between religion and public arenas and institutions following the fall of communism in Europe provide the core focus of this fascinating book. Leading international scholars consider the religious and political role of Christian Orthodoxy in the Russian Federation, Romania, Georgia and Ukraine alongside the revival of old, indigenous religions, often referred to as 'shamanistic' and look at how, despite Islam’s long history and many adherents in the south, Islamophobic attitudes have increasingly been added to traditional anti-Semitic, anti-Western or anti-liberal elements of Russian nationalism. Contrasts between the church’s position in the post-communist nation building process of secular Estonia with its role in predominantly Catholic Poland are also explored. Religion, Politics and Nation-Building in Post-Communist Countries gives a broad overview of the political importance of religion in the Post-Soviet space but its interest and relevance extends far beyond the geographical focus, providing examples of the challenges in the spheres of public, religious and social policy for all transitional countries.

Religion, Politics and Nation-Building in Post-Communist Countries (Post-Soviet Politics)

Simons, Greg

World

Pentecostalism is a movement within Christianity placing special emphasis on a believer's personal encounter with God through the Holy Spirit. It is arguably the world's fastest-growing form of religion. While exact figures are uncertain, there may now be as many as 500 million Pentecostals. Closely related to other forms of ""born-again"" Christianity (Evangelical and Charismatic), Pentecostalism has been described as a religion ""made to travel."" From the outset it has been a strong missionary movement, and has been oriented towards recruitment and expansion. Research into this important form of Christianity has become more popular of late, but the movement's remarkably fast spread is still not well understood. In particular, its constant worldwide encounters with other religions and beliefs, as well as with different forms of Christianity, have seldom been explored at length. This rich and varied book remedies that neglect. Although its adherents supposedly preach a universal message, in practice Pentecostalism's global spread has resulted in increasing diversification. The volume investigates the consequences of that spread, and of the accommodations Pentecostal missionaries have to make when faced by pluralism and the challenges posed by ecumenism. Ranging across every major continent, the contributors to the volume make a significant contribution towards a fuller and more complete understanding of this remarkable world faith.

Global Pentecostalism: Encounters with Other Religious Traditions (Library of Modern Religion)

Christian Books & Bibles

I.B.Tauris

African Religion in African Scholarship: A Preliminary Study of the Religious and Political Background

Coronet Books Inc.

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