Institute of French Studies Colloquium
JOHN BOWEN
Professor of Anthropology,Washington University, St. Louis; author of Can Islam Be French? Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State; Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves
Can Islam be French? Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
Bowen examines how French Muslims are fashioning new Islamic institutions and developing new ways of reasoning and teaching. He looks at some of the quite distinct ways in which mosques have connected with broader social and political forces, how Islamic educational entrepreneurs have fashioned niches for new forms of schooling, and how major Islamic public actors have set out a specifically French approach to religious norms. He argues that the particular ways in which Muslims have settled in France, and in which France governs religions, have created incentives for Muslims to develop new, pragmatic ways of thinking about religious issues in French society.
La Maison Française of NYU
16 Washington Mews, NY NY
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