What is Islamic Studies? : : European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field /

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

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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 Isl...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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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

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