Preaching Islamic renewal : religious authority and media in contemporary Egypt / Jacquelene G. Brinton.
"The book is an in-depth study of Muhammad Mitwall Sha'rawi one of the most important religious figures in late twentieth century Egypt. Sha'rawi was an advisor to the rulers of Egypt as well as being the first Arab television preacher. At the height of his career it was estimated tha...
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Muhammad Mitwalli Sha'rawi, authority and media in twentieth-century Egypt
- Muhammad Mitwalli Sha'rawi: an Egyptian Alim preacher of his time
- Muhammad Mitwalli Sha'rawi and Egyptian society
- Preaching as a nexus of 'ulama' influence
- Renewal as a nexus of 'ulama' discursive authority
- Sha'rawi's knowledge hierarchy
- Sha'rawi and Sufism in Egypt
- Relevance through language use
- Television and the extension of authority.