New Methods in the Study of Islam (Advances in the Study of Islam) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1399503499 ISBN 13: 9781399503495

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2022

Synopsis

New Methods in the Study of Islam offers an international perspective on the field of Islamic studies. It seeks to push the study of Islam to the forefront of methodological considerations by revisiting classical topics for example the Qur'an, hadith and kalam using new lenses, as well as new subjects, such as lived Islam and Islamic critiques of the West. Taken as a whole, the collection provides new perspectives on the role and place of the academic study of Islam in contemporary scholarship.

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About the Authors

Abbas Aghdassi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Civilisation of Muslim Societies at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM), Iran. He is the author of Persian Academic Reading (2019, Routledge) and editor of Perspectives on Academic Persian (forthcoming, Springer Nature).

Aaron W. Hughes is Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester. Hughes specialises in three fields: Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies and Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, and has written numerous books in all three. He is co-editor of the book series Advances in the Study of Islam at Edinburgh University Press and of the Journal of Religious Minorities Under Muslim Rule.

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Provides a set of multi-disciplinary approaches that focus on how 'Islamic data' is created, studied and disseminated New Methods in the Study of Islam offers an international perspective on the field of Islamic studies. It seeks to push the study of Islam to the forefront of methodological considerations by revisiting classical topics - for example the Qur'an, hadith and kalam - using new lenses, as well as new subjects, such as lived Islam and Islamic critiques of the West. Taken as a whole, the collection provides new perspectives on the role and place of the academic study of Islam in contemporary scholarship. Key Features  Brings together a set of international voices from a variety of disciplines and fields, including religious studies, theology, philosophy, law and history  Offers a large picture of what methods and methodologies are, how they have been used in the study of Islam, and how new ones can be introduced to sharpen our understanding of Islam, both historically and in the contemporary period  Challenges existing paradigms by providing alternative systems for the study of Islam  Revisits understandings and misunderstandings in long-established academic traditions in the study of Islam Abbas Aghdassi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Civilisation of Muslim Societies at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM), Iran. Aaron W. Hughes is the Dean's Professor of the Humanities and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Rochester, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399503499
• ISBN 13: 9781399503495
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Aghdassi Abbas, Hughes Aaron W.