The teaching and study of Islam in western universities / edited by Paul Morris, William Shepard, Toni Tidswell, and Paul Trebilco.
Material type: TextOriginal language: English Description: x, 196 pages 24 cmISBN:- 9780415824156 (hardback);9781315871455 (ebook)
- 297.071/1 PAT 2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book examines the teaching of Islam and the issues that raises inside universities for the academic community having to negotiate between competing cultural and philosophical demands"--;"Public interest in the religion of Islam and in Muslim communities in recent years has generated an impetus for Western Universities to establish an array of Institutes and programs dedicated to the study of Islam. Despite the growth in number of programs dedicated to this study, very little attention has been paid to the appropriate shape of such programs and the assumptions that ought to underlie such a study. The Teaching and Study of Islam in Western Universities attempts to address two central questions that arise through the teaching of Islam. Firstly, what relation is there between the study of the religion of Islam and the study of those cultures that have been shaped by that religion? Secondly, what is the appropriate public role of a scholar of Islam? After extensive discussion of these questions, the authors then continue to address the wider issues raised for the academic community having to negotiate between competing cultural and philosophical demands. Emerging from a Colloquium co-hosted by the University of Otago and Victoria University, this edited collection provides new perspectives on the study of Islam in Western Institutions and will be an invaluable resource for students of Education and Religion, in particular Islamic Studies"--
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