Somewhere Between Islam and Judaism - Critical Reflections - Aaron W. Hughes
7. Abrahamic Religions: The Second Generation
Somewhere Between Islam and Judaism - Critical Reflections - Aaron W. Hughes
Aaron W. Hughes [+]
University of Rochester
Aaron W. Hughes is the Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. His research and publications focus on both Jewish philosophy and Islamic Studies. He has authored numerous books, including Situating Islam: The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline (Equinox, 2007); Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction (Equinox, 2012); Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam (Columbia, 2012); and Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History (Oxford, 2012). He currently serves as the editor of the journal Method and Theory in the Study of Religion.
Description
Chapter 7, Abrahamic Religions: The Second Generation, was delivered as a lecture to the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. In 2012 I published a volume titled Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History with Oxford University Press. Therein I argued that the term “Abrahamic Religions” was extremely problematic. The term, however, remains. In this lecture/chapter I argue that, since the term seems to be here to stay, we need to rethink and rehabilitate it.