<p><span>Hadith commentary has been a central site of Islamic intellectual life for more than a millennium, across diverse periods, regions and sects. This is the first volume of scholarly essays ever collected on the key texts and critical themes of hadith commentary. The book unfolds chronological
Mapping Islamic Studies: Genealogy, Continuity and Change
โ Scribed by Azim Nanji (editor)
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 292
- Series
- Religion and Reason, 38
- Edition
- Reprint 2011
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.
โฆ Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors
Introduction
The Study of Islam in German Scholarship
The Study of Islam in French Scholarship
The Study of Islam in British Scholarship
The Study of Islam in Dutch Scholarship
The Study of Islam in Russia and the Former Soviet Union: An Overview
The Cultural and Intellectual Background of German Orientalism
The Image of Islam in the Medieval and the Early Modern Period
The Study of Islam, Orientalism and America
Islamic Studies and the History of Religions: An Evaluation
Rethinking Islam Today
Selected Bibliography
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