Islamic Studies in European Higher Education : : Navigating Academic and Confessional Approaches / / ed. by Jørgen S. Nielsen.

Examines the integration and reform of Islamic studies in universities across Germany, the UK, Turkey, Poland and BelgiumExplores the interaction between conventional university Islamic studies and the growing impact of confessional Islamic studies in European statesProvides accounts of recent devel...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introduction: Incorporating Islam in European Higher Education
  • Chapter 2 Islamic Studies in University and Seminary: Contest or Constructive Mutuality?
  • Chapter 3 (Re)habilitating the Insider: Negotiations of Epistemic Legitimacy in Islamic Theology and Newer Social Justice Mobilisation
  • Chapter 4 What Do the Terms ‘Confessional’ and ‘Non-confessional’ Mean, and are they Helpful? Some Social Scientific Musings
  • Chapter 5 A Decade of Islamic Theological Studies at German Universities: Expectations, Outcomes and Future Perspectives
  • Chapter 6 Islamic Theology in a Muslim-minority Environment: Distinctions of Religion within a New Academic Discipline
  • Chapter 7 The Taalib as a Bricoleur: Transitioning from Madrasah to University in Modern Britain
  • Chapter 8 Why would Muslims Study Theology to Obtain an Academic Qualification?
  • Chapter 9 Navigating alongside the Limits of Mutual Interdependence: Flemish Islamic Religious Education
  • Chapter 10 The Need for Teaching against Islamophobia in a Culturally Homogeneous Context: The Case of Poland
  • Chapter 11 Theology Faculties in Turkey: Between State, Religion and Politics
  • Chapter 12 Closing Reflections: Going Beyond Secular–Religious and Confessional–Academic Dichotomies in European Islamic Studies
  • Index