Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : authority, subjectivity, and the cultural politics of public piety -- Branding Islam : autobiography, authenticity, and religious authority -- Enchanting science : popular psychology as religious wisdom -- Ethical entrepreneurs : Islamic ethics and the spirit of capitalism -- Prophetic cosmopolitanism : the Prophet Muhammad as psycho-civic exemplar -- Shaming the state : pornography and the moral psychology of statecraft -- Sincerity and scandal : the moral and market logics of religious authority -- Conclusion : figuring Islam : popular culture and the cutting edge of public piety.