John Richard Bowen

24 featured booksJohn Richard Bowen

John Richard Bowen, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Sociocultural Anthropology and Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. In 1973, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University, Stanford, California. He then went to the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, where in 1977 he received his Master of Arts degree and in 1984 his Ph.D. His Ph.D. theses was titled *The History and Structure of Gayo Society: Variation and Change in the Highlands of Aceh*. Professor Bowen’s research explores broad social transformations now taking place in Muslim communities worldwide. He conducts ethnographic study in Indonesia, France, Britain, and the Netherlands, and works with students and colleagues with field sites across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. In particular, he analyzes how Muslims (judges and scholars, public figures, and citizens) work across plural sources of norms and values, including diverse interpretations of the Islamic tradition, law codes and decisions, and local social norms. He draws on this research to critique public discourse about Muslims and Islam. He has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; the London School of Economics, London, England; and the Institut d'Études Politiques and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France. He has published numerous articles and chapters, in addition to authoring or co-authoring numerous books, including *Women and Property Rights in Indonesian Islamic Legal Contexts*, *Religions in Practice: An Approach to the Anthropology of Religion*, and *Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning*. Source: [Washington University](https://anthropology.wustl.edu/people/john-bowen)

Search this author Open first work

OL396461A

Overview

Catalog identity and bibliographic footprint for this author.

24 representative editions

Author pages in Bookitis are intended to show only works actually attributed to the author and a representative edition for each of those works.

Catalog identity

How this author appears inside the active Bookitis catalog.

Display name
John Richard Bowen
Personal name
John Richard Bowen
Source identifier
OL396461A

Featured books

Representative editions for works actually authored by this person.

Works in catalog

Quick navigation into the work-level grouping pages behind the featured books.

Women and Property Rights in Indonesian Islamic Legal Contexts
Representative edition published 2018
Open Work
On British Islam
Representative edition published 2016
Open Work
Blaming Islam
Representative edition published 2012
Open Work
Can Islam Be French Pluralism And Pragmatism In A Secularist State
Representative edition published 2011
Open Work
Can Islam be French?
Representative edition published 2009
Open Work
What do we do with a difference?
Representative edition published 2008
Open Work
Why the French don't like headscarves
Representative edition published 2007
Open Work
Why the French Don't Like Headscarves
Representative edition published 2006
Open Work
Religions in practice
Representative edition published 2005
Open Work
Cork silver and gold
Representative edition published 2005
Open Work
Religions In Practice
Representative edition published 2004
Open Work
Islam, Law and Equality in Indonesia
Representative edition published 2003
Open Work
Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia
Representative edition published 2003
Open Work
Critical comparisons in politics and culture
Representative edition published 1999
Open Work
Critical comparisons in politics and culture
Representative edition published 1999
Open Work
Religion in culture and society
Representative edition published 1998
Open Work
Muslims through discourse
Representative edition published 1993
Open Work
Sumatran Politics and Poetics
Representative edition published 1991
Open Work
Sumatran politics and poetics
Representative edition published 1991
Open Work
Production and autonomy
Representative edition published 1988
Open Work
Pragmatic Inquiry
Representative edition published 2020
Open Work
Muslims Through Discourse
Representative edition published 2020
Open Work
European states and their Muslim citizens
Representative edition published 2014
Open Work
Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism (Subscription)
Representative edition published 2013
Open Work