Two Narratives of Islamic Revival: Television Preaching in Egypt
Abstract
Since the turn of the millennium, the interplay between Islamic revivalism, economic
liberalization, and new media has created a new form of popular Islamic preaching
framed as television programs. From the pulpit of the television screen, Muslim
preachers, male and female, call Muslims to change and live their lives in accordance
with Islam. In Egypt and beyond, this new wave of preachers is both a product of and a
contributing factor in the current religious revitalization in the Muslim world. By way of
an examination of the Scene of Ramadan 2008 A.D./1429 A.H., I have chosen two series
as the lens through which to study two of the most important preachers in the field, Amr
Kh lid and Mu ammad ass n. The initial enquiry was to locate the message of these
preachers and the way in which this was communicated through television. The more
specific enquiry became to arrive at an understanding of how these two preachers
construe collective identities that they encourage their listeners to conform to, and how
these are construed through television. The two cases are interesting because they
represent two dominant positions within the two main trends of preaching today. My
findings were that these two preachers represent two different styles of television
preaching that seek to shape different types of identities. The preachers work on their
audiences to make them agents within their distinct projects of Islamic Revival.
Publisher
The University of BergenSubject
Islamic RevivalMultimodal Discourse AnalysisIslamic Preaching in EgyptIslamic revivalismIslamTV preachersAmr KhaledAmr KhalidMuhammad HassanMuhammad HassaanCollections
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