| Putting Islam to Work |
 | Preface |
| • | Notes |
| A Note on Transliteration |
| Acknowledgments |
| I |
| 1. Creating an Object |
| • | An Alexandria Quartet |
| • | The Anthropology of Islam |
| • | Cultural Production and Social Reproduction |
| • | History and Typology |
| • | Notes |
| II |
| 2. Education and the Management of Populations |
| • | Schooling and the Colonial Project |
| • | Exoticizing the Classroom |
| • | Furnishing Children for the Schools |
| • | Education and British Colonial Policy, 1882–1922 |
| • | Moral Order: The Primitive Conception of the Teacher |
| • | See-sawing Backwards and Forwards the Whole Time |
| • | Public Order: The Best Way of Keeping These People Quiet |
| • | The Regeneration of the Arab |
| • | Wild Fanatics and Impostors |
| • | Work: The Observation of Facts |
| • | Women: An Educated and Enlightened Motherhood |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| 3. The Progressive Policy of the Government |
| • | Reaction and Responsibility |
| • | The Religious Difficulty |
| • | “The Four R's” |
| • | The Nasser Years, 1952–1970 |
| • | Science and Faith: Sadat and After |
| • | Religion in Postprimary Schools |
| • | Notes |
| III |
| 4. Learning about God |
| • | Postmodern Knowledge |
| • | Just Like Getting Tall |
| • | School as the House of God |
| • | The Nasr Language School |
| • | Islam Outside the Religion Class |
| • | Reviving the Kuttab |
| • | Clubs and Contests |
| • | Social Service Agencies and Charitable Organizations |
| • | Models and Media |
| • | Notes |
| 5. The Path of Clarification |
| • | The Interpretation of Culture and the Culture of Interpretation |
| • | Encountering the Word |
| • | Form and Content |
| • | The Transformation of Texts |
| • | Family and School as Sources of Moral Authority |
| • | Supplements to Public Sector Instructional Media |
| • | Notes |
| 6. Growing Up: Four Stories |
| • | It's Not Haram, But They Might Not Understand It |
| • | People Use Religion, Too |
| • | I Had Some Friends There |
| • | This Wonderful Girl Who Wore the Higab |
| • | Persuasion Beyond the Classroom |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| IV |
| 7. State of Emergency |
| • | Trainings |
| • | This Is Not a Demonstration |
| • | The Sons of Egypt |
| • | A Thousand Martyrs |
| • | One Hundred Percent Under Control |
| • | The Drop of a Gun |
| • | They Need to Get Rid of Some People |
| • | Too Many Secrets |
| • | There Is No Terrorism in Egypt |
| • | Notes |
| 8. Broken Boundaries and the Politics of Fear |
| • | Religion and Social Class |
| • | Education and Authority |
| • | Habeas Corpus? |
| • | The Realization of Distant Consequences |
| • | The Disturbed Surface of the Public Mind |
| • | The Past in the Present |
| • | Religion as a Politically Constituted Defense Mechanism |
| • | Notes |
| Bibliography |
| • | Religious Studies Textbooks in Arabic |
| • | Other Works in Arabic |
| • | Works in English and French |
