Salafism, the Social, and the Global Resurgence of Religion

Authors

  • Mark Sedgwick Aarhus University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.v8i1-2.57

Keywords:

introduction, Salafism, identity, resurgence, Islam

Abstract

This introductory article frames the special issue’s examination of social aspects of Salafism in terms of Roel Meijer’s observations on Salafism’s capacity to empower and change identities, and in terms of the wider contexts of the resurgence of Islam and of the global resurgence of religion. It argues that while the study of doctrinal aspects of Salafism is important, the study of the social aspects is more neglected, and that this is where the special issue makes an important contribution.

Author Biography

  • Mark Sedgwick, Aarhus University

    Mark Sedgwick is professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark. He studied at the universities of Oxford and Bergen, and then taught in the history department of the American University in Cairo before moving to Denmark in 2007. A historian by training, he works on modern and contemporary Islam, especially on Sufism, Islamic modernism, and terrorism. His most recent book was a biography of Muhamamd Abduh (Oxford: Oneworld, 2010).

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Published

2014-07-08

Issue

Section

Special Issue: Articles

How to Cite

Sedgwick, M. (2014). Salafism, the Social, and the Global Resurgence of Religion. Comparative Islamic Studies, 8(1-2), 57-70. https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.v8i1-2.57