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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Servicio de pedido Subito: | Pedir ahora. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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London
Acumen
2007
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| En: | Año: 2007 |
| Colección / Revista: | Religion in culture: studies in social contest and Construction
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| Otras palabras clave: | B
Islam ; Research
B Electronic books B Islam ; Study and teaching |
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Situating Islam : The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline: |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1845532597 |