 | Islamic Revival in Nepal: Religion and a New Nation Subjects: Area Studies; Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Asian Studies; Cultural Studies; Religion; Asian Politics; Political Behavior and Participation; South Asian Studies; Islam - Religion; South Asian Politics; Religion & Politics; Asian Studies (General); Religion in Context; World Religions; This book draws on extensive fieldwork among Muslims in Nepal to examine the local and global factors that shape contemporary Muslim identity and the emerging Islamic revival movement based in the Kathmandu valley. Nepal's Muslims are active participants in the larger global movement of Sunni revival as well as in Nepal's own local politics of representation. The book traces how these two worlds are lived and brought together in the context of Nepal's transition to secularism, and explores Muslim struggles for self-definition and belonging against a backdrop of historical marginalization and an unprecedented episode of anti-Muslim violence in 2004.
Megan Adamson Sijapati, PhD, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Her research interests are in religious conflict and cooperation, and in the intersections of religious authority, revival, and experience. |
