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Tilework on a Mosque Power and Religion in Morocco Book Review For the past few Decembers, I spent around a week brainstorming what gifts might appeal to my relatives. They insist that they are happy with anything or that they don’t want anything at all. For the most part, this leaves me between […] Henry Munson, Jr. discusses the role the monarchy, sharifa, and shaykhs played in the shaping of the political and religious history in Morocco, with a particular focus on 20thcentury fundamentalism in his book Religion and Power and Morocco. Munson works as a professor of anthropology at the University of Maine where he primarily researches late […] Henry Munson Jr.’s 1993 book Religion and Power in Morocco seeks to discuss the relationship between Islam and politics throughout Morocco’s history. Most of his argument is situated in opposition to anthropologist Clifford Geertz’s 1968 study Islam Observed: Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia. Munson criticizes Geertz’s work for focusing too heavily upon personal accounts […] In his book, Henry Munson Jr. attempts to record significant historical interactions between religious and political entities in Morocco in order to portray the relationship between the two. Religion and Power in Morocco also serves as a foil to Islam Observed by Clifford Geertz, Munson explains. Geertz utilized anthropological research methods to write Islam Observed—speaking […] Look at any newspaper or television broadcast and undoubtedly there will be discussion of Islam or the Middle East. Conflict in the modern era centers around issues such as tensions between Israel and Palestine, terrorism, and the Syrian civil war. These topics are some of the most pertinent crises that challenge nations today. Conferences tackling […] In Religion and Power in Morocco, Henry Munson attempts to analyze the evolution of the role of Islam in the political sphere of Moroccan society. Primarily, Munson utilizes ancient Moroccan mythical stories of “saintly scholars” to explain the changing nature of political Islam in Morocco. Throughout his book, Munson critiques Geertz’s Islam Observed, describing the […] Henry Munson’s book Religion and Power in Morocco tries to explains in detail the complex relationship between religion and power in Morocco through analysis of political and religious events of the seventeenth century to late twentieth century. Through combination of history through folklores, passed down from generation to generation by Moroccans, and cultural anthropology, Munson […] The main purpose of Henry Manson through his book, Religion and Power in Morocco, is to provide an alternative argument to the political role of Islam in pre-colonial Morocco. Though to do so he focuses on incidents of the “myth of the righteous man of God who dares to defy an unjust sultan,” he structures […] |
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