The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies
Ebook
The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies is a comprehensive one volume reference guide to Islam and study in this area. A team of leading international scholars - Muslim and non-Muslim - cover important aspects of study in the field, providing readers with a complete and accessible source of information to the wide range of methodologies and theoretical principles involved. Presenting Islam as a variegated tradition, key essays from the contributors demonstrate how it is subject to different interpretations, with no single version privileged. In this volume, Islam is treated as a lived experience, not only as theoretical ideal or textual tradition.
Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including a substantial A-Z of key terms and concepts, chronology and a detailed list of resources, this is the essential reference guide for anyone working in Islamic Studies.
A comprehensive one-volume reference resource to Islamic Studies and key research fields within it, written by an international team of leading scholars.
Includes entries by international scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, and men and women.
Covers special issues relevant to Islam in the non-Muslim world, feminist critique and case-study approaches.
Presents Islam, throughout, as a variegated tradition, subject to different interpretations.
A comprehensive teaching tool, it proovides practical guidence on research methods, and subject-specific resources
Notes on Contributors \ Acknowledgements \ Part I: Introduction Clinton Bennett \ Part II: Research Methods and Problems Elliott Bazano \ Part III: Current Research and Issues \ 1.Quranic Studies Andrew Rippin \ 2. Hadith Studies Aisha Y. Musa \ 3. Researching Sufism in the 21st Century: Expanding the Context of Inquiry Arthur F Buehler \ 4. Islamic Theology Mashhad Al-Allaf \ 5. Study of Shi 'ite Islam Syed Rizwan Zamir \ 6. Salafi Islam: The Study of Contemporary Religious-Political Movements William Shepard \ 7. Islam and the West William Shepard \ 8. Fiqh, The Science of Islamic Jurisprudence Maria Curtis \ 9. From Margin to Mainstream: The History of Islamic Art and Architecture in the Twenty- First Century Jaclynne J. Kerner \ Part IV: New Directions: The who, why, what, how and where of Studying Islam Clinton Bennett \ Part V: Chronology Clinton Bennett \ Part VI: Resources: An Annotated Bibliographical Guide Clinton Bennett and Contributors \ Part VII: A-Z Index of Key Terms and Concepts Clinton Bennett\ References \ Index
This excellent survey of current scholarship in the field of Islamic Studies will prove useful to college students and also to their professors.
VERDICT: An excellent overview for advanced students and scholars pursuing research in the field of Islamic studies.
- Title: The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies
- Author: Clinton Bennett
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781472586896, 9781472586902, 1472586905, 1472586891
- Resource ID: LLS:9781472586896
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-08T23:48:38Z
Clinton Bennett teaches Religious Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.