The Life and Work of W. Montgomery Watt / / Carole Hillenbrand.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Hillenbrand, Carole,
• MitwirkendeR: Donner, Fred,; Hillenbrand, Carole,; Holloway, Richard,; Kerr, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.) :; 1 B/W illustrations

Celebrates the life and work of one of the most famous of all Western scholars of IslamIncludes unpublished writings of W. Montgomery Watt: his diary and ‘The Testament of a Search’Discusses different aspects of W. Montgomery Watt’s career and his outstanding achievementsHighlights the core views held by W. Montgomery Watt, as both a scholar of Islamic studies and a minister of the churchThis commemorative volume discusses aspects of the life and work of the internationally famous scholar Professor W. Montgomery Watt (1909–2006). His writings on Islam and on Muslim–Christian relations gained him great prestige and respect, not only in the West but also – and perhaps more significantly – right across the Muslim world. The book includes contributions by Professor Carole Hillenbrand, Professor Fred Donner, Bishop Richard Holloway and the late Professor David Kerr, as well as substantial excerpts from Professor Watt’s unpublished writings, copies of which he entrusted to Professor Hillenbrand.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART 1 LECTURES GIVEN ON 23 OCTOBER 2015 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH -- 1 William Montgomery Watt: the Man and the Scholar1 -- 2 The Study of Islam’s Origins since William Montgomery Watt’s Publications -- 3 Committed Openness: a Glance at William Montgomery Watt’s Religious Life -- PART 2 UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM MONTGOMERY WATT -- 4 A Diary -- 5 ‘The Testament of a Search’ and Later Unpublished Writings -- 6 William Montgomery Watt’s Inaugural Lecture – Islamic Studies in Scotland: Retrospect and Prospect -- PART 3 REFLECTIONS ON THE WORK OF WILLIAM MONTGOMERY WATT -- 7 Scottish Pioneers of Arabic and Islamic Studies: Reflections on Selected Parts of the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Watt, Given in Edinburgh in October 1965 -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A: Some Reminiscences of Louis Massignon1 (William Montgomery Watt) -- Appendix B: A Tribute to Professor Watt6 Professor (Josef van Ess, University of Tübingen) -- Appendix C: ‘The Last Orientalist’:7 a Valedictory Interview with Professor Watt (Bashir Maan8 and Alistair Mcintosh,9 1999) -- Appendix D: A Tribute to Professor Watt (Hakim Mohammed Said) -- Appendix E: William Montgomery Watt and a Historicist Interpretation of Islamic History (Hasan Hüseyin Adalioğlu) -- Appendix F: Obituaries of William Montgomery Watt -- A Bibliography of the Books Published by William Montgomery Watt -- Index