The Charles Strong Lecture 2015

Narratives like paradigms offer explanations of some aspects of life which are largely self-contained, self-sustaining, self-validating, and impervious to disconfirming evidence. Anti-Islam discourses in the West and anti-Western discourses among Muslims are two such discourses. That such discourses...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal for the academic study of religion
Main Author: Bouma, Gary D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Equinox Publ. [2016]
In: Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-12
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Western world / Islamophobia / Islam / Fundamentalism
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B Muslims
B Discourse
B Narratives
B Violence
B Anti-west
B Islamophobia
B Stereotypes (Social psychology)
B cui bono
B Othering
B Religions
Online Access: Volltext (doi)