Religion without Religion: Integrating Islamic Origins into Religious Studies
This article makes a case as to why the topic of Islamic origins, long ignored in religious studies on account of its Orientalist pedigree, ought to be revisited. Rather than reverting back to Orientalism, however, it argues that a more appropriate model for understanding Islamic origins is one that...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2017]
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| In: |
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Science of Religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion BJ Islam |
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| Summary: | This article makes a case as to why the topic of Islamic origins, long ignored in religious studies on account of its Orientalist pedigree, ought to be revisited. Rather than reverting back to Orientalism, however, it argues that a more appropriate model for understanding Islamic origins is one that is aware of the fluidity of religious and social identity in late antiquity. Rather than simply reading later Islamic sources back onto the emergence of Islam, it is important to examine late antique sources responsible for the complexity of all identity formations (not only Muslim) in sixth-century Arabia. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfx010 |