Was religion a friend or foe in the post-conflict statebuilding endeavours of Iraq and Afghanistan? An under-explored area in academia and policy circles alike, religious institutions are important non-state actors that wield considerable influence and can draw upon extensive re…
Welche Merkmale muss eine gegenwartsbezogene islamische Theologie und Religionspädagogik im deutschen und im europäischen Kontext aufweisen, um sowohl den Bedürfnissen der in einem säkularen Umfeld lebenden europäischen Muslim_innen gerecht zu werden, als auch zur Profilierung d…
In this reading of Islamic legal hermeneutics, Robert Gleave explores various competing notions of literal meaning, linked to both theological doctrine and historical developments, together with insights from modern semantic and pragmatic philosophers. Literal meaning is what a …
This book discusses various dynamic facets of the life of Rāshid al-Ghannūshī, a distinguished Islamic thinker and activist not only in Tunisia and North Africa, but in the entire Muslim world. It especially focuses on those aspects related to his intellectual understanding and …
"Salvation and Hell in Classical Islamic Thought uses classical Islamic sources to trace the development of Islamic eschatology during the formative centuries of Islamic intellectual history. Marco Demichelis draws on classical Islamic scholars, including Ibn Sina, al-Ghazali, I…
The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies is a comprehensive one volume reference guide to Islam and study in this area. A team of leading international scholars - Muslim and non-Muslim - cover important aspects of study in the field, providing readers with a complete and acce…
This volume explores the 'Mimetic Theory' of the cultural theorist René Girard and its applicability to Islamic thought and tradition. Authors critically examine Girard's assertion about the connection between group formation, religion, and 'scapegoating' violence. These insight…
The Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements offers a multinational study of Islam, its variants, influences, and neighbouring movements, from a multidisciplinary range of scholars. These chapters highlight the diversity of Islam, especially in its contemporary manifestations, as…
"Islamic Spirituality: Theology and Practice for the Modern World examines and explores the inner dimensions of Islam, Islamic spirituality. Major sources of religious authority in Islam, the Qurʼan and Hadith are examined, as well as the writings of important figures in the his…
