Identity, Politics and the Study of Islam

Current Dilemmas in the Study of Religions
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78179-489-0
Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

Reihe: Culture on the Edge: Studies in Identity Formation

Based partly on a series of posts coming out of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blog, this volume includes greatly expanded essays by Ruth Mas, Sarah Imhoff and James Crossley as well as new pieces by Devin Stewart, Carlos Segovia, Alexandre Caeiro and Emmanuelle Stefanidis, Russell McCutcheon and Salman Sayyid. This volume, thus, brings together a variety of scholars both inside and outside of Islamic Studies in order to grapple with such questions as: what, if anything, is unique about Islamic Studies? How should Islamic studies as religious studies engage with postcolonial critique? What is the role of identity politics in such endeavors? What are the lines between descriptive (hermeneutic) work and theoretical explanations of Islamic texts? What can scholars in related areas, such as the study of Judaism and early Christianity, offer to this conversation by way of analogy? Can ethical, political, or theological concerns function critically to help theorize Islam? The volume is divided into four sections: Theory and Identity Politics in the Study of Islam, which looks at the role of identity, knowledge production, and political commitments among scholars of Islam; Critique and Identity in Qur'anic Studies, which deals with challenges in applying critical-historical methods to the study of the Qur'an and how these methods relate to some of the issues raised Omid Safi and Aaron Hughes; Comparative Views from Outside Islamic Studies, which provides a comparative view of how scholars have dealt with similar concerns in the study of Judaism and Christianity; and A Critical Appraisal, which offers a direct challenge to Safi and Hughes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sheedy, Matt

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Identity, Apologetics, and the Shapes of Critique in the Study of Islam Matt Sheedy Theory and Identity Politics in the Study of Islam 1. The Modesty of Theory Ruth Mas (Freie Universitaet Berlin) 2. "I Want My Discipline Back" Salman Sayyid (University of Leeds) Critique and Identity in Qur'an Studies 3. Religion, History, Ethics: Rethinking the Crisis of Western Qur'anic Studies Alexandre Caeiro (Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies) and Emmanuelle Stefanidis (Universite Paris Sorbonne) 4. 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 (St Louis University, Madrid and Camilo Jose Cela University, Madrid) Comparative Views from Outside Islamic Studies 5. Jews, Jewish Studies, and the Study of Islam Sarah Imhoff (Indiana University) 6. The Quest for the Historical: Can Biblical Studies Lead Qur'anic Studies away from Theology? James Crossley (St Marys University, London) A Critical Appraisal 7. Old Islamic Studies, or a Public Service Announcement Devin Stewart (Emory University) Afterword The Meaning and End of Scholarship on Religion Russell T. McCutcheon (University of Alabama)

Über Autor(innen)

Sheedy, Matt
Matt Sheedy received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies at the University of Manitoba (2015), Winnipeg, and is co-editor of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blog and Religion Compass. His research interests include critical social theory, theories of secularism, as well as representations of Christianity, Islam, and Native traditions in popular and political culture.