Disharmony is my business and business is good - a typical day at the office of a historian of religions: Reading and pondering upon Aaron W. Hughes' Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam
The task of writing a critical and well-informed introduction to the study of Islam that includes the rise of a religious tradition, its texts, the development of the society, its institutions and intellectual traditions and contemporary history/ies is, of course, a version of mission impossible. Th...
| Published in: | Culture and religion |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Taylor & Francis
[2017]
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| In: |
Culture and religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-33 |
| Review of: | Muslim identities (New York : Columbia University Press, 2013) (Larsson, Göran) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hughes, Aaron W. 1968-, Muslim identities
/ Religious studies scholar
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
B Islamic study B the study of religions B Aaron W. Hughes B method and theory |
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| Summary: | The task of writing a critical and well-informed introduction to the study of Islam that includes the rise of a religious tradition, its texts, the development of the society, its institutions and intellectual traditions and contemporary history/ies is, of course, a version of mission impossible. The aim of the following article is to discuss Aaron W. Hughes’ Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam and to analyse the implications of Hughes approach to the study of Islam and religions. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5610 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Response (2017)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2017.1301972 |