{"product_id":"nonreligious-lifeworlds-in-egypt-sense-making-emotion-and-embodiment-hardcover","title":"Nonreligious Lifeworlds in Egypt: Sense-Making, Emotion, and Embodiment - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarin Van Nieuwkerk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn analysis of the growing visibility of nonreligion in Egypt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Egypt's 2011 Uprising, while often perceived as a failed revolution, nonetheless nonetheless had durable social effects. Among these has been a rise in expressing atheism and agnosticism, especially among educated and affluent youth--the country's future leaders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An intimate ethnography, \u003ci\u003eNonreligious Lifeworlds in Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e explores the intellectual and emotional transformations of atheists and agnostics inspired by the aspirational freedom-seeking of the Arab Spring. Rejecting both of Egypt's dominant religious traditions, Islam and Coptic Christianity, nonreligious people are widely viewed as agents of moral outrage. Amid media-driven panics, their sanity is often questioned by their own families as they experiment with new ways of living and relating. Drawing from in-depth fieldwork, interviews, and social media analysis, Karin van Nieuwkerk reveals her interlocutors' changing perspectives on sex and gender, eating and drinking, and life and death. Above all, she emphasizes the affective experiences of renouncing religion, marked by anxiety and regret--but also liberation and relief. With rigor and compassion, Van Nieuwkerk opens our minds to the arduous process of exchanging established norms for self-determination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Karin van Nieuwkerk is an anthropologist and professor of contemporary Islam in Europe and the Middle East at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eMoving In and Out of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003e\"A Trade Like Any Other\" Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerforming Piety: Singers and Actors in Egypt's Islamic Revival\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9.22 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289649197305,"sku":"9781477333358","price":94.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bN1h5nXIrI9781477333358.webp?v=1776269786","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/nonreligious-lifeworlds-in-egypt-sense-making-emotion-and-embodiment-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}