Book contents
- Scripture People
- Scripture People
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Two American Species of Scripture People
- 2 What Is a Salafi or an Evangelical Anyway?
- 3 Splitting the Atom of Text and Tradition
- 4 Education and the Democratization of Scripture
- 5 How “American” Can Salafism Be?
- 6 Empowered by Common Sense
- 7 Can We Call Salafism (or Evangelicalism) a Movement?
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Empowered by Common Sense
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
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Book contents
- Scripture People
- Scripture People
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Two American Species of Scripture People
- 2 What Is a Salafi or an Evangelical Anyway?
- 3 Splitting the Atom of Text and Tradition
- 4 Education and the Democratization of Scripture
- 5 How “American” Can Salafism Be?
- 6 Empowered by Common Sense
- 7 Can We Call Salafism (or Evangelicalism) a Movement?
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
6 Empowered by Common Sense - A distinctive resemblance between Salafis and Evangelicals in America is their shared rhetoric of “common sense.” This chapter uses the case of one AlMaghrib student, Ify Okoye, to theorize how it is that Salafis have picked up these rhetorical markers that have been part of American Evangelicalism for centuries.
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- Scripture PeopleSalafi Muslims in Evangelical Christians' America, pp. 190 - 219Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023