Teaching and Study of Islam in Western Universities
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Publication
2013 - Taylor & Francis Group
Language
English
Word Count
52,000 words, Guess
Page Count
208 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28770154M
- ISBN-139780415824156
- OCLC Control Number865332079
- OCLC Control Number816031054
- Library of Congress Control Number2013019955
Classifications
- LCCBP43
Description
"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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