Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgements

pp vii-vii

About the Authors

pp viii-ix

Note on Transliteration

pp x-x

Introduction

pp 1-16

Part I - Ritual and Performance

pp 17-18

1 - The Framework of Islamic Rhetoric: The Ritual of the Khuṭba and its Origin

pp 19-29

2 - The Khuṭba Scene in Arab Religious Films and TV Dramas

pp 30-47

3 - Instructive Speech Among Bosnian Muslim Women: Sermons, Lessons or Guidance?

pp 48-64

Part II - Power and Authority

pp 65-66

4 - Preaching and the Problem of Religious Authority in Medieval Islam

pp 67-82

5 - Friday Sermons in a Secular State: Religious Institution-building in Modern Turkey

pp 83-104

Part III - Mediation

pp 105-106

6 - Going Online: Saudi Female Intellectual Preachers in the New Media

pp 107-131

7 - Brief Reminders: Muslim Preachers, Mediation and Time

pp 132-152

Part IV - Identities

pp 153-154

8 - Advising and Warning the People: Swedish Salafis on Violence, Renunciation and Life in the Suburbs

pp 155-172

9 - Discourses on Marriage, Religious Identity and Gender in Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Preaching: Continuities and Adaptations

pp 173-200

Epilogue

pp 201-205

Index

pp 206-214