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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. 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.
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. 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.
This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one
of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member
of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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