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Preaching Islamic Renewal
Religious Authority and Media in Contemporary Egypt
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Preaching Islamic Renewal examines the life and work of Muhammad Mitwalli Sha'rawi, one of Egypt's most beloved and successful Islamic preachers. His wildly popular TV program aired every Friday for years until his death in 1998. At the height of his career, it was estimated that up to 30 million people tuned in to his show each week. Yet despite his pervasive and continued influence in Egypt and the wider Muslim world, Sha'rawi was for a long time neglected by academics. While much of the academic literature that focuses on Islam in modern Egypt repeats the claim that traditionally trained Muslim scholars suffered the loss of religious authority, Sha'rawi is instead an example of a well-trained Sunni scholar who became a national media sensation. As an advisor to the rulers of Egypt as well as the first Arab television preacher, he was one of the most important and controversial religious figures in late-twentieth-century Egypt. Thanks to the repurposing of his videos on television and on the Internet, Sha'rawi's performances are still regularly viewed. Jacquelene Brinton uses Sha'rawi and his work as a lens to explore how traditional Muslim authorities have used various media to put forth a unique vision of how Islam can be renewed and revived in the contemporary world. Through his weekly television appearances he popularized long held theological and ethical beliefs and became a scholar-celebrity who impacted social and political life in Egypt.
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Information
To
understand
Sha‘rawi’s
importance,
one
must
look
further
into
his
thoughts,
linguistic
abilities,
place
in
the
history
of
Islamic
tradition,
and
cha-
risma.
His
fame
meant
that
he
could
and
did
voice
his
own
ideas
about
what
it
meant
to
be
a
good
Muslim
in
modern
Egypt,
and
he
combined
and
reacted
to
common
problems
through
his
sermons
and
Qur’anic
worldview.
Sha‘rawi’s
ability
to
gain
a
cadre
of
devoted
followers
came
down
to
his
personalization
of
the
notion
of
virtue,
centering
on
how
each
individual
relates
to
the
divine
in
every
moment
of
life.
He
based
this
idea
on
his
interpretations
of
the
Qur’an,
and
he
presented
those
interpretations
as
representations
of
God’s
thought.
He
therefore
positioned
himself
as
a
uniquely
talented
intermediary.
muhammad
mitwalli
sha‘rawi
and
egyptian
society
.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- 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
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