Understanding Islam
Positions of Knowledge
1st Edition
Published on 31. January 2023
176 pages
978-1-4744-9875-3 (ISBN)
Description
Examines different positions of knowledge - insider and outsider -to explore what understanding Islam means in the 21st century
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Edinburgh University Press
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: What is Understanding?
- 1. The Changing World of Islam
- 2. Insiders and Outsiders
- 3. The Rise of the Sociology of Islam
- 4. Postmodernism, Globalisation and Religion
- 5. Orientalism and Islam
- 6. Islamophobia
- 7. Feminism, Fertility and Piety
- 8. The Problems of Positionality
- 9. The Possibility of Dialogue
- Index
