Islam in Bangladesh
This study, done within the comprehensive Weberian framework, focuses on religion and social change in Bangladesh through an imaginative use of qualitative as well as quantitative methods of modern social research. It is a notable contribution to sociology of Islamic religion.
Print Book, English, 1992
E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1992
XVIII, 194 p. ; 24 cm.
9789004094970, 9004094970
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List of TablesPrefaceI Social Anomalies, a Prophetic Break and the Growth of Islam in Bengal (from AD 1201 to 1757)II Changes in Islam in Bengal Area during the British and post-British PeriodsIII Religious Beliefs in Bangladesh IslamIV Social bases of Islamic Religious BeliefsV Islamic Religious Practice in Bangladesh and its Social BasesVI Islam and Muslim-Hindu Relations in BangladeshVII Islam and Socio-economic Development in BangladeshVIII Islam and Women in BangladeshIX Islam and Political Culture in BangladeshX Conclusion Bibliography Index