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What is Islamic Studies?: European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field

By Leif Stenberg , Philip Wood

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
1399500007, 9781399500005
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
995 kB (1018947 bytes)
Series
Exploring Muslim Contexts
Pages
221\222
Time added
2022-09-27 12:22:32

Description

The study of Islam and Muslims in Europe and North America has expanded greatly in recent decades, becoming a passionately debated and divided field. This collection critically assesses the development of the field of Islamic Studies and its place in society. Featuring contributions from anthropologists, historians and scholars of religion, each chapter contains new empirical material and discusses approaches to the study of Islam, past and present. The book situates Islamic Studies within broader discussions of the construction of identity and its political implications in Europe and North America. Authors also address tensions between normative and non-normative approaches to the study of Islam and Muslims and consider how these might be reconciled.

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