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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- British Forum for Ethnomusicology, University of Edinburgh, 13-16 April 2023
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- JCA Book Review by Barbara Hausmair: Archaeologies of Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, and Repression: Dark Modernities edited by James Symonds and Pavel Vařeka
- JCA Book Reviews: The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City by Carolyn L. White
- JCA Book Reviews: Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences. By Adrian Currie
- JCA Book Reviews: Networked Remembrance: Excavating Buried Memories in the Railways Beneath London and Berlin. By Samuel Merrill
- JCA Book Reviews: Reluctant Landscapes: Historical Anthropologies of Political Experience in Siin, Senegal. By François Richard
- JCA Book Reviews: Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene. Edited by Gregg Mitman, Marco Armiero and Robert. S. Emmett
- Lewis, A. David and Martin Lund, eds. Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. 256. $24.93 (paperback). by Aaron Ricker
Tag Archives: Ruth Mas
Rethinking Contested Ground: The Study of Islam in/and the Study of Religion
The following is Matt Sheedy’s introductory essay for the panel of articles on the state and future of Islamic studies, which appears in the November 2014 issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (the full table of contents … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Announcements, Editorial, Matt Sheedy, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory & Religion Series, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Aaron Hughes, biblical studies, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Edward E. Curtis IV, emic, etic, Islam, Islamic studies, James Crossley, Jewish studies, Judaism, Omid Safi, Qur'an, Qur'anic studies, Religion, religious studies, Ruth Mas, Sarah Imhoff, scholarship, Vernon James Schubel
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Debating a Discipline, Contesting Identities, and the Future of Islamic Studies
The following is the editorial introduction to the November 2014 issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (the full table of contents having already been posted). We offer this editorial here on the blog in order to give … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Announcements, Editorial, Joseph Laycock, Matt Sheedy, Natasha Mikles, Philip L. Tite, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Aaron Hughes, Atheism, Belief, biblical studies, Buddhism, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Edward E. Curtis IV, emic, etic, Hinduism, Islam, Islamic studies, James Crossley, Jewish studies, Judaism, Loch Ness, Loch Ness Monster, naga, NEH, new atheism, Omid Safi, orientalism, Qur'an, Qur'anic origins, Qur'anic studies, Religion, religious studies, Richard Amesbury, Ruth Mas, Sarah Imhoff, scholarship, Scotland, secularism, Vernon James Schubel
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Now Published – Bulletin for the Study of Religion 43.4 (November 2014)
The November issue of the Bulletin has been published and is available. Below is the table of contents of this issue, which includes a panel of papers on the current state and future of Islamic studies with contributors building on … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Joseph Laycock, Matt Sheedy, Natasha Mikles, Philip L. Tite, Politics and Religion, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory & Religion Series, Theory and Method
Tagged Aaron Hughes, Belief, biblical studies, Buddhism, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Edward E. Curtis IV, emic, etic, Islam, Islamic studies, James Crossley, Jewish studies, Loch Ness, Loch Ness Monster, naga, NEH, new atheism, Omid Safi, Religion, religious studies, Richard Amesbury, Ruth Mas, Sarah Imhoff, scholarship, Scotland, Vernon James Schubel
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Edge of the Button
by Eleanor Finnegan Note: the following is a commentary on the Reflections on Islamic Studies series, which appeared on the Bulletin blog earlier this year. My department has gained attention on campus for giving out buttons. A recent example boldly read … Continue reading
Ode to Islamic Studies: Its Allure, Its Danger, Its Power
by Edward E. Curtis IV Editor’s note: This post is part of the Reflections on Islamic Studies series. By any measure, Islamic studies is a vibrant field. In the last several decades, the number of tenure-track positions dedicated to the study … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged Carl Stoneham, Clifford Geertz, Dale Eickleman, Edward E. Curtis IV, fiqh, Fred Donner, hadith, historical Muhammad, Islamic studies, John Bowen, Journal of Africana Religions, Muhammad, Muhammad and the Believers at the Origins of Islam, Muslim Journeys Bookshelf, orientalism, Qur'an, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Ruth Mas, Saba Mahmoud, Talal Asad, The Call of Bilal: Islam in the African Diaspora
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Has Politics Let Us Off the Hook?: Reflections on Islamic Studies
by Ruth Mas Editor’s note: This post is part of a broader conversation on scholarship in Islamic Studies that was sparked by two recent articles, one by Omid Safi and one by Aaron Hughes. The Bulletin will be hosting a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Aaron Hughes, Enlightenment, Insider-Outsider Problem, Islam, Islamic studies, Kant, Michel Foucault, Omid Safi, post-Christian, religious studies, Ruth Mas, secular, September 11, Stuart Hall, Talal Asad, Twin Towers
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