What Is Islamic Studies?

European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field

224 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Religiöse Gemeinschaften
• ISBN: 9781399500005
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.01.2022
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Leif Stenberg, Philip Wood