We Speak the Truth!”
Knowledge and Politics in Friday’s Sermons in Lebanon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12924019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harmita Sari (0000-0002-7324-0764, American University of Beirut, corresponding author), Hanafi Sari |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 53-79 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Arab Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-0920 • E-ISSN: 1755-0912 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/caa.2019.122003 |
| OpenAlex | W2948437099 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This study investigates the preachers and their Friday sermons in Lebanon, raising the following questions: What are the profiles of preachers in Lebanon and their academic qualifications? What are the topics evoked in their sermons? In instances where they diagnosis and analyze the political and the social, what kind of arguments are used to persuade their audiences? What kind of contact do they have with the social sciences? It draws on forty-two semistructured interviews with preachers and content analysis of 210 preachers’ Friday sermons, all conducted between 2012 and 2015 among Sunni and Shia mosques. Drawing from Max Weber’s typology, the analysis of Friday sermons shows that most of the preachers represent both the saint and the traditional, but rarely the scholar. While they are dealing extensively with political and social phenomena, rarely do they have knowledge of social science
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |