Apologising for the study of religion - no way!
An initial apology to religious insiders in the opening of Hughes' book got this review - of the book and of tensions in public and academic discourse about Islam and the study thereof - started. The book, after the strange initial apology, becomes a highly valuable introduction to a study-of-r...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Revisar |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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| En: |
Culture and religion
Año: 2017, Volumen: 18, Número: 1, Páginas: 8-19 |
| Reseña de: | Muslim identities (New York : Columbia University Press, 2013) (Jensen, Tim) |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Hughes, Aaron W. 1968-, Muslim identities
/ Islam
/ Ciencias de la religión
/ Método
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AA Ciencias de la religión |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
study of Islam
B academic study of religion B Reseña B insider-outsider perspectives B method and theory B Islamophobia |
| Sumario: | An initial apology to religious insiders in the opening of Hughes' book got this review - of the book and of tensions in public and academic discourse about Islam and the study thereof - started. The book, after the strange initial apology, becomes a highly valuable introduction to a study-of-religion approach to Islam, incorporating both insider and outsider perspectives, including primary sources and critical analyses, and describing the multitude of ‘Muslim identities’ and responses to so-called modernity. Desiderata: a more classical comparative approach to ritual and more nuance around its discussion of women and jihad. Returning to 'apologetics', the review renders a recent Danish debate suggesting scholars of Islam should investigate and expose Islam rather than provide a nuanced and qualified picture in accordance with empirical scientific principles. An example of public ignorance over the role of the scholar of religion, - and yet another example of the necessity of approaching Islam as any other religion, i.e. from a comparative, historical and critical-analytical point of view. Though the book (rightly) suggests that the academic study of religions is more novelty than norm, the reviewer sees no reason, whatsoever, for apologizing for study-of-religion principles and approaches to religion, Islam included. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5610 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Response (2017)"
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| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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