Situating Islam: The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Jewish "Discovery" of Islam -- Abraham Geiger: The Quest for the Jewish Substrate of Islamic Origins -- Islam and Contemporary Jewish Concerns -- The Orientalist Critique -- A Clash of Paradigms -- Conclusions -- Cha...

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1. VerfasserIn: Hughes, Aaron W. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: London Acumen 2007
In:Jahr: 2007
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Religion in culture: studies in social contest and Construction
weitere Schlagwörter:B Islam ; Research
B Electronic books
B Islam ; Study and teaching
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Zusammenfassung:Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Jewish "Discovery" of Islam -- Abraham Geiger: The Quest for the Jewish Substrate of Islamic Origins -- Islam and Contemporary Jewish Concerns -- The Orientalist Critique -- A Clash of Paradigms -- Conclusions -- Chapter 2 -- The Ideology of Taxonomy -- The Invention of an Invention: Area Studies and the Middle East -- From Oriental Studies to Middle Eastern Studies -- Islamic Motivations -- Chapter 3 -- Area Studies and the Turn Towards the Politics of Representation -- Back to Basics -- Wilfred Cantwell Smith's Integrative Paradigm -- Marshall Hodgson's Conscientious Objections -- Fazlur Rahman and Islamic Reform -- Chapter 4 -- Charles Adams and the Imperviousness of Islamic Data -- Introducing Islam: The Beginner's Textbook -- Islam as Part of the "Holy Trinity": Introducing Western Religions -- Esposito's Islam: The Straight Path -- Denny's An Introduction to Islam -- Chapter 5 -- The Immediate Aftermath: Islamicists Respond -- The Response of Islamicists -- Reclaiming Islam: Putting Theory into Practice -- Conclusion: -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Bibliography -- Subject Index.
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ISBN:1845532597