Consuming Islam
Media, ritual, and identity in the making of a brotherhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12273314 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sumrin Kalia (0000-0002-5449-5294, Otto-Suhr-Institute, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 194-212 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion State & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-7494 • E-ISSN: 1465-3974 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09637494.2023.2197843 |
| OpenAlex | W4378418626 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 49 |
Research on Islam and consumption focuses mostly on commercialisation of Islam. This article studies Islam-consumption interaction in the context of religious competition within Islam. It discusses the role of religious consumption in Pakistan where Islamic organisations belonging to different Sunni denominations seek to expand while maintaining ideological boundaries. Through an ethnographic study of Dawat-e-Islami, which belongs to the Barelvi denomination within Sunni Islam, it argues that religious consumption within the media and ritual settings of the organisation help to reify a subcultural, denominational identity. Capitalising on the cultural repertoires at its disposal, Dawat-e-Islami has commodified its call to Madina into artefacts, signs, symbols, and names and offered them for consumption to its followers through its media and ritual settings. Collective and expressive acts of consumption, enabled as such, serve to construct a unique, subcultural collective identity within Sunnism – the Madani Brotherhood. This brotherhood contributes to the expansion of DI’s Madani mission while guarding ideological boundaries. In the context of competing visions of Sunni Islam, collective and expressive acts of religious consumption reinforce symbolic and ideological boundaries
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Collective identity · Commodification · Consumption (sociology · Context (archaeology · Identity (music · Ideology · Islam · Media consumption · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Religious identity · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
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Post-Islamism at Large
Moral Conduct and Authority
Defending Muḥammad in Modernity
Muslim Becoming
Secularizing Islamists?
Cultural Brands/Branding Cultures
The Marketization of Religion
Brand Islam
Rational Choice Theory and Religion
‘Buying Modern’
Stark Realities and Eurocentric/Androcentric Bias in the Sociology of Religion
The social identity theory of leadership
Modi-Masculinity
How Blacks Use Consumption to Shape their Collective Identity
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Sectarianism' and Its Discontents in the Study of the Middle East
Religious Identity and Consumption
Identity and state formation in multi‐sectarian societies
The Consequences of Religious Market Structure
Religion and the marketplace
Transformations between History and Memory
The Rise of Sunni Militancy in Pakistan
Possessions and the Extended Self
Embodying the Faith
Beyond Christianity
Thematic networks
Evangelical Underdogs
The Study of Boundaries in the Social Sciences
Religious Pluralism and Religious Participation
Two Approaches to Religion and Politics
The Creation of a Distinct Subcultural Identity and Denominational Growth
The Marketization of Religion
Self-Construal, Reference Groups, and Brand Meaning
Consumer Culture Theory (CCT)
Materiality and family consumption
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |