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The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West

Edward E. Curtis (Ed.)

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Description for The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West Paperback. Editor(s): Curtis, Edward E., IV. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
For more than a millennium, Islam has been a vital part of Western civilization. Today, however, it is sometimes assumed that Islam is a foreign element inside the West, and even that Islam and the West are doomed to be in perpetual conflict. The need for accurate, reliable scholarship on this topic has never been more urgent. The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West brings together some of the most important, up-to-date scholarly writings published on this subject. The Reader explores not only the presence of Muslim religious practitioners ... Read more

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Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2015

Condition

New

Number of Pages

304

Place of Publication

London, United Kingdom

ISBN

9781474245371

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V9781474245371

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About Edward E. Curtis (Ed.)

Edward E. Curtis IV is Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts & Professor of Religious Studies at the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is the author or editor of several books about Islam, American religions, and Africana studies, including The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States (2009) and Muslims in America: A ... Read more

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Via histories and contemporary case studies, Curtis weaves together a cohesive narrative that shows the ways in which the categories of `Islam' and `the West' are entwined together into a complex tapestry over time. In the end, this is a valuable collection that brings into dialogue a stunning set of scholars and yet exhibits the touch of a talented editor ... Read morewho makes a singular story emerge from the sundry texts included.
Reading Religion
This superb reader documents how Muslims were an integral part of the history of the West, and how they continue to shape its present forms. One hopes that it is read widely, especially by those who doubt the influence that Muslims had and continue to have on what it means to be Western .
Amir Hussain, Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, USA, and Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Here is a magnificent collection on Islam in the West, superbly edited by Edward Curtis. There is remarkable geographic diversity that takes us from North America and Europe to Russia and Spain to Africa. There is rich gendered analysis and discursive diversity. The range of scholars brought together in this accessible reader is simply stunning. Ideal for classroom usage; recommended to both scholars and general readers.
Omid Safi, Director, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University, USA
With The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West, editor Edward E. Curtis IV has provided students interested in the exchanges between the 'West' and 'Islam' with an invaluable point of reference that goes to fill an important void. The volume is coherently organised, its introduction questions key terms, and readers are introduced to the chapters with a useful description of each contribution.
Stefano Taglia, Post-doctoral Fellow, Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, The Czech Republic
The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West eschews the prevailing narratives of westernization that presume Islam is a foreign tradition in Europe and North America. Through histories and contemporary case studies, readers will learn about the ways in which the taken-for-granted categories of Islam and the West are neither opposite nor separate but overlapping, fluid, contested, and even co-constituted.
Zareena A. Grewal, Associate Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies, Yale University, USA, and author of Islam is a Foreign Country (2013)
In this eclectic volume, Edward Curtis demonstrates yet again his superior command of the academic study of Muslims in and as part of the West and his ability to tell a convincing story at the same time. His is a story, told through excerpts from academic publications, of historical trajectories, diversities of practice, and contexts in which Muslims live(d), produce(d) meaning, and are/were perceived and treated in a variety of ways. A very valuable collection indeed.
Juliane Hammer, Associate Professor and Kenan Rifai Scholar of Islamic Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
An excellent and timely volume with a very broad scope of inclusion.
Jonathan Kearney, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland
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