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dc.creatorWren, John Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-22T18:20:29Z
dc.date.created2010
dc.identifierWLURG38_Wren_REL_2010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/16286
dc.descriptionThesis; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]en_US
dc.descriptionJohn Thomas Wren, Jr. is a member of the Class of 2010 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe definition of the umma/(community) has evolved considerably over the existence of the Muslim Brotherhood. The evolution of this concept can be traced by following the ideological leadership of this organization from the founder Hasan alBanna, to his successor Sayyid Qutb, and finally to the modern leadership under Muhammad Akef and Mohammed Habib. The works of Benedict Anderson and Olivier Roy regarding nationalism and globalization respectively are particularly useful as paradigmatic viewpoints in analyzing the factors which have contributed to the evolution of the umma in the Brotherhood. Ultimately, the organization's definition of the umma shifted away from the universalistic doctrine of the founder to a localized extent in the modern period. This was attributable to the rising power of Egyptian nationalism and also the growing globalization, deterritorialization, and secularism that was sweeping Egypt in the 20th and into the 21st century. This analysis of the Muslim Brotherhood's evolving definition of the umma is significant because it suggests that many modern religious communities are not following the trend of universalization that Roy claims is occurring in the modern period. Rather, these communities are engaging in the more complex process by which universalizing and nationalizing is occurring concomitantly within the confines of a localized re-imagining of their communities.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJack Wren
dc.format.extent76 pagesen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University -- Honors in Religionen_US
dc.titleThe Muslim Brotherhood and Defining the Community: An Evolution from the Universal to the Particular (thesis)en_US
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dcterms.isPartOfRG38 - Student Papers
dc.rights.holderWren, John Thomas
dc.subject.fastUmmah (Islam)en_US
dc.subject.fastGlobalization -- Religious aspects -- Islamen_US
dc.subject.fastIslam and cultureen_US
dc.subject.fastJamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt)en_US
local.departmentReligionen_US
local.scholarshiptypeHonors Thesisen_US


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