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Islam in Bangladesh

Islam in Bangladesh

Razia Akter

Paperback

Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology,, Book 58

IslamGeneral Eastern ReligionsInterior Design

ISBN10: 9004094970
ISBN13: 9789004094970
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jan 1 1992
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
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 first provides a sociological interpretation of the origin and development of Islam in Bengal using historical and literary works on Bengal. The main contribution is based on two sample surveys conducted by Mrs. Banu in 20 villages of Bangladesh and in three areas in the metropolitan Dhaka city. Using these survey data, she gives a sociological analysis of Islamic religious beliefs and practices in contemporary Bangladesh, and more importantly, she studies the impact of the Islamic religious beliefs on the socio- economic development and political culture in present-day Bangladesh. She also shows how Islam compares with modern education in social 'transforming capacity'.
This careful and rigorous work is a notable contribution to sociology of religion and helps to deepen our understanding of the interactions between religious and social changes common to many parts of the Third World.

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