Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Note on Transliterations and Translations

Introduction Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi: Authority and Media in Twentieth- Century Egypt
1. Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi An Egyptian ‘Alim Preacher of His Time
2. Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi and Egyptian Society
3. Preaching as a Nexus of ‘Ulama’ Influence
4. Renewal as a Nexus of ‘Ulama’ Discursive Authority
5. Sha‘rawi’s Knowledge Hierarchy
6. Sha‘rawi and Sufism in Egypt
7. Relevance through Language Use
8. Television and the Extension of Authority
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Jacquelene Brinton is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Middle East Studies at the University of Kansas.

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"Brinton's chronicle of this littleknown figure in the West not only informs us of some happenings in the Islamic world but hopefully convinces us that Islam is not so different from Christianity in having many different versions, in adapting to modern social and technological circumstances, and in displaying the creative potential to be modern and traditional, orthodox and renewable, at one and the same time." Anthropology Review Database