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William A. Graham is an influential and pioneering scholar of
Islamic Studies at Harvard University. This volume brings together
17 contributions to the study of the Qur'an and Islam, all
influenced by his work. Contributions to this collection, by his
colleagues and students, treat many different aspects of Islamic
scripture, from textual interpretation and hermeneutics to
recitation and parallels with the Bible. Other chapters tackle in
diverse ways the question of what it means to be "Islamic" and how
such an identity may be constituted and maintained in history,
thought, and learning. A final section reflects on the career of
William Graham and the relation of scholarship to the undervalued
tasks of academic administration, especially where the study of
religion is concerned. This book will be of interest to readers of
Islamic Studies, Qur'anic Studies, Islamic history, Religious
Studies, scripture, exegesis, and history of the book. Given
Graham's role at the Harvard Divinity School, and the discussions
of how he has shaped the study of religion, the volume should be of
interest to readership across the study of religion as a whole.
Chapters 2 and 15 of this book are available for free in PDF format
as Open Access from the individual product page at
www.routledge.com. They have been made available under a Creative
Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
All Religion Is Inter-Religion analyses the ways inter-religious
relations have contributed both historically and philosophically to
the constructions of the category of "religion" as a distinct
subject of study. Regarded as contemporary classics, Steven M.
Wasserstrom's Religion after Religion (1999) and Between Muslim and
Jew (1995) provided a theoretical reorientation for the study of
religion away from hierophanies and ultimacy, and toward lived
history and deep pluralism. This book distills and systematizes
this reorientation into nine theses on the study of religion.
Drawing on these theses--and Wasserstrom's opus more generally--a
distinguished group of his colleagues and former students
demonstrate that religions can, and must, be understood through
encounters in real time and space, through the complex relations
they create and maintain between people, and between people and
their pasts. The book also features an afterword by Wasserstrom
himself, which poses nine riddles to students of religion based on
his personal experiences working on religion at the turn of the
twenty-first century.
All Religion Is Inter-Religion analyses the ways inter-religious
relations have contributed both historically and philosophically to
the constructions of the category of "religion" as a distinct
subject of study. Regarded as contemporary classics, Steven M.
Wasserstrom's Religion after Religion (1999) and Between Muslim and
Jew (1995) provided a theoretical reorientation for the study of
religion away from hierophanies and ultimacy, and toward lived
history and deep pluralism. This book distills and systematizes
this reorientation into nine theses on the study of religion.
Drawing on these theses--and Wasserstrom's opus more generally--a
distinguished group of his colleagues and former students
demonstrate that religions can, and must, be understood through
encounters in real time and space, through the complex relations
they create and maintain between people, and between people and
their pasts. The book also features an afterword by Wasserstrom
himself, which poses nine riddles to students of religion based on
his personal experiences working on religion at the turn of the
twenty-first century.
Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the
Atlantic slave trade. The first arrivals date to the turn of the
sixteenth century when European explorers and colonists crossed the
Atlantic in search of new horizons and trading routes. Kambiz
GhaneaBassiri s fascinating book traces the history of Muslims in
the United States and their different waves of immigration and
conversion across five centuries, through colonial and antebellum
America, through world wars and civil rights struggles, to the
contemporary era. The book tells the often deeply moving stories of
individual Muslims and their lives as immigrants and citizens
within the broad context of the American religious experience,
showing how that experience has been integral to the evolution of
American Muslim institutions and practices. This is a unique and
intelligent portrayal of a diverse religious community and its
relationship with America. It will serve as a strong antidote to
the current politicized dichotomy between Islam and the West, which
has come to dominate the study of Muslims in America and further
afield."
This book fills a void in the study of Muslims in the United
States, presenting the first in-depth study of the large Muslim
population in Los Angeles County. It examines an array of issues
facing the American Muslim population, ranging from gender and
ethnicity to political and "da 'wa" (missionary) activities. This
study inquires into the role Muslims see for themselves and their
religious tradition in the United States and presents the diverse
views of Islam held by Muslims in America today. This work will be
of interest to students and scholars of Islamic culture and
religion, as well as those interested in the changing face of
religion in America.
Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the
Atlantic slave trade. The first arrivals date to the turn of the
sixteenth century when European explorers and colonists crossed the
Atlantic in search of new horizons and trading routes. Kambiz
GhaneaBassiri s fascinating book traces the history of Muslims in
the United States and their different waves of immigration and
conversion across five centuries, through colonial and antebellum
America, through world wars and civil rights struggles, to the
contemporary era. The book tells the often deeply moving stories of
individual Muslims and their lives as immigrants and citizens
within the broad context of the American religious experience,
showing how that experience has been integral to the evolution of
American Muslim institutions and practices. This is a unique and
intelligent portrayal of a diverse religious community and its
relationship with America. It will serve as a strong antidote to
the current politicized dichotomy between Islam and the West, which
has come to dominate the study of Muslims in America and further
afield.
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