What is Islamic Studies? : : European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field / / ed. by Leif Stenberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• MitwirkendeR: Bashir, Shahzad,; Enayat, Hadi,; Hammer, Juliane,; Hughes, Aaron W.,; Kersten, Carool,; Olsson, Susanne,; Otterbeck, Jonas,; Stenberg, Leif,; Wood, Philip,
• HerausgeberIn: Stenberg, Leif,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Exploring Muslim Contexts : EMC
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Explores the vibrant, divided and evolving field of Islamic studies in Europe and North AmericaCovers topics ranging from gender and secularism to pop music and modern scienceDiscusses contemporary and historical approaches in Islamic Studies Features contributions from leading scholars studying Islam and Muslims, including Shahzad Bashir, Hadi Enayat, Juliane Hammer, Aaron Hughes, Carool Kersten, Susanne Olsson and Jonas OtterbeckAddresses the role of both Muslims and non-Muslims in the ongoing construction of IslamThe study of Islam and Muslims in Europe and North America has expanded greatly in recent decades, becoming a passionately debated and divided field. This collection critically assesses the development of the field of Islamic Studies and its place in society. Featuring contributions from anthropologists, historians and scholars of religion, each chapter contains new empirical material and discusses approaches to the study of Islam, past and present.The book situates Islamic Studies within broader discussions of the construction of identity and its political implications in Europe and North America. Authors also address tensions between normative and non-normative approaches to the study of Islam and Muslims and consider how these might be reconciled.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. What is Islamic Studies? European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field -- Chapter 1. There is No Data for Islam: Testing the Utility of a Category -- Chapter 2. Critics as Caretakers, Religion as Critique -- Chapter 3. Talal Asad and the Question of Islamic Secularities -- Chapter 4. Territory at Stake! In Defence of ‘Religion’ and ‘Islam’ -- Chapter 5. Power Practices and Pop: The Islam of Zain Bhikha -- Chapter 6. Islam in the Making: History, Discourses, the Quran and Modern Science -- Chapter 7. Paradigms of Religion and the Swift Birth of Islam: Wilfred Cantwell Smith Revisited -- Chapter 8. Prospects for a New Idiom for Islamic History -- Chapter 9. Constructing Islamic Studies: Gender, Power and Critique as Ethical Tools -- About the Contributors -- Index