Is God for Revolution?: Affect, Youth, and Islam in Post-2011 Egypt

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Nareman Amin (Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam, Michigan State University)

Is God for Revolution?

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Affect, Youth, and Islam in Post-2011 Egypt

Nareman Amin (Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam, Michigan State University)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
20 January 2026

Religion & politics; Islam; Aspects of religion (non-Christian); Islamic studies

Based on interviews with upper-middle-class Egyptian Muslims, Is God for Revolution? explores the ways in which political participation in the 2011 Egyptian revolution--and the emotions that came with it--changed the landscape of religious discourse and practice. Before the revolution, the interviewees found themselves in structures of culturally agreed-upon forms of religiosity. They were raised during what scholars call the ""Islamic Awakening"" of the late twentieth century and heeded the advice of religious figures that circulated freely in mass media. Visible markers of piety, such as the veil for women and beards for men, became commonplace. This all changed in one charged moment. In the wake of the uprising, Nareman Amin shows, revolutionary feelings--notably hope, disappointment, doubt, shock and anger-transformed their understandings of what it means to identify as pious Muslims. Is God for Revolution? is a book about social change in a time of political upheaval and uncertainty, specifically the relationship between affect, politics and Islam. It is a story about postrevolutionary agency, the emotional toll that this democratic experiment had on those who believed in the revolution and its ideals, and the transformative power of autonomy and emotion on young revolutionaries' attitudes toward religious authorities and religious beliefs and practices.

By: Nareman Amin (Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam Michigan State University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780197804728
ISBN 10: 0197804721
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 20 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chapter 1: Tapestries of Religious Socialization Chapter 2: ""Fatwas in the Fog"" Chapter 3: The Battle of the Ballot Boxes Chapter 4: Massacres and A Moral Reckoning Chapter 5: Questioning Islamic Authority, Tradition and Belief Conclusion Bibliography

Nareman Amin is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam at Michigan State University.