Islamic studies in the twenty-first century : transformations and continuities / edited by Léon Buskens and Annemarie van Sandwijk

Abstract

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Dichotomies, Transformations, and Continuities in the Study of Islam -- Léon Buskens -- Islamic Texts -- The Anthropologist as Reader -- Brinkley Messick -- Textual Aspects of Religious Authority in Premodern Islam -- Jonathan P. Berkey -- What to Do with Ritual Texts -- Islamic Fiqh Texts and the Study of Islamic Ritual -- A. Kevin Reinhart -- Textual Study of Gender -- Marion Katz -- Scholarship on Gender Politics in the Muslim World -- Some Critical Reflections -- Dorothea E. Schulz -- Power, Orthodoxy, and Salvation in Classical Islamic Theology -- Christian Lange -- Dialectical Theology in the Search for Modern Islam -- Abdulkader Tayob -- â Classicalâ Islamic Legal Theory as Ideology -- Nasr Abu Zaydâ s Study of al-ShafiÊ¿iâ s al-Risala -- Muhammad Khalid Masud -- Islamic Law in the Modern World -- States, Laws, and Constitutions -- Knut S. Vikør -- Vernacular Cosmopolitanism as an Ethical Disposition -- Sufi Networks, Hospitality, and Translocal Inclusivity -- Pnina Werbner -- Middle Eastern Studies and Islam -- Oscillations and Tensions in an Old Relationship -- Léon Buskens -- Notes on Contributors -- Overview of NISIS Autumn Schools, 2010-2014 -- Index