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Amod Sandhya Lele's avatar

I just finished Saba Mahmood's Politics of Piety, which I recommend on this subject. She shows how for Egyptian Muslim women, sincerity of belief and affect isn't a precondition for ritual but something the ritual produces.

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Paul Litvak's avatar

Thanks! I'll check it out.

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