Conclusion: Let the Margins Be the Center

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Islam and Its Others: Ambivalent Orientations Toward the Margins of Islam 15
5. 2 Rethinking the Center: Margins and Multiplicity in Hadith Texts 45
6. 3 Islamic Tattooing: Embodying Healing, Materializing Relationships, and Mediating Tradition 67
7. 4 Lover’s Words Are Eternal: Alevi Ashik Poetry Beyond the Margins 99
8. 5 On the Margins of Islamic Doctrine, at the Heart of Islamic Ethics: Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam and Black Liberation 135
9. 6 Love and Care at the Margins of Future Generations 161
10. 7 Writing Mongol History on the Margins: Sufi and Kinship Connectivity in the Tarikh-i Rashidi 193
11. 8 Journey to the Teaching of Islam 223
12. Conclusion: Let the Margins Be the Center 249
13. Contributors 285
14. Acknowledgments 287
15. Index 289