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008			231023s2023 nyu 000 0 eng
010			_a 2023948942
020			_a9780198903321 _q(hardback)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
042			_apcc
082			_a305.6970954
100	1		_aR. Menon, Nandagopal, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIntra-Muslim polemics in South India : _bintimacies, mass publicity, and secularism / _cNandagopal R. Menon.
263			_a2311
264		1	_aNew York : _bNandagopal R. Menon, _c2023.
300			_aix, 191 pages _c20 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
365			_bRs. 995.00
505			_aThe Way In - 1. For and Against Polemics - 2. Polemics versus Apologetics: Intimacy and Publicity - 3. Techniques of Authentication: Originals, Counterfeits, and Publics - 4. Phatic Sociality: Voice and Strategy in Intra-Muslim Encounters - Longing for Theology - Index.
520			_a"When Habeeb Moulavi came on the phone for the first time and I explained to him about my research on theological polemics among various Muslim groups in the southwest Indian state of Kerala, he replied: "I don't know what people will say about us if you write about these things [polemics]." Such polemical events led by ulama, all conducted in Malayalam and primarily dealing with theological matters like the scriptural legitimacy of devotion to saints (awliya), take diverse forms in contemporary Kerala such as a disputation"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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