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Title |
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6. The Quest for the Historical: Can Biblical Studies Lead Qur’anic Studies away from Theology? - Identity, Politics and the Study of Islam |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
James Crossley; St Mary's University; United Kingdom |
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Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies; Islamic Studies |
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Keyword(s) |
Omid Safi; Aaron Hughes; Islamic studies; Qur'an; comparative religion; orientalism; metacritical approaches; Jesus; Muhammad |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Islamic Studies |
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Description |
Abstract |
This essay takes as its starting point the dispute between Aaron Hughes and Omid Safi on the state of Islamic Studies in North America, and the quests for historical “founding figures”, through a comparison with biblical studies. It will cover issues relating to “critics” and “caretakers”, Orientalism and metacritical approaches to scholarship, and the ongoing dominance of theology. It will provide arguments for the ways in which “critics” can promote their agendas in a way that creates some distance from “confessional” or “caretaker” approaches, including the significance of certain uses of social history. The essay will end with theses (or perhaps suggestions) for the critical historian of Jesus or Muhammad. |
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Publisher |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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03-Sep-2018 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/30339 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.30339 |
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Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Identity, Politics and the Study of Islam |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |