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Identity, politics and the study of Islam : current dilemmas in the study of religions /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sheedy, Matt (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK : Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2018.
Series:Working with Culture on the edge.
Subjects:
Islam and politics.
Identity politics.
Table of Contents:
  • Identity, apologetics, and the shapes of critique in the study of Islam / Matt Sheedy
  • The modesty of theory / Ruth Mas
  • "I want my discipline back" / Salman Sayyid
  • Religion, history, ethics: rethinking the crisis of western Qurʼanic studies / Alexandre Caeiro and Emmanuelle Stefanidis
  • Identity politics and scholarship in the study of Islamic origins: the inscriptions of the Dome of the Rock as a test case / Carlos A. Segovia
  • Jews, Jewish studies, and the study of Islam / Sarah Imhoff
  • The quest for the historical: can Biblical studies lead Qurʼanic studies away from theology? / James Crossley
  • Old Islamic studies, or a public service announcement / Devin Stewart
  • The meaning and end of scholarship on religion / Russell T. McCutcheon.