Situating Islam : The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Jewish "Discovery" of Islam -- Abraham Geiger: The Quest for the Jewish Substrate of Islamic Origins -- Islam and Contemporary Jewish Concerns -- The Orientalist Critique -- A Clash of Paradigms -- Conclusions -- Chapter 2 -- The Ideology of Taxonomy -- The Invention of an Invention: Area Studies and the Middle East -- From Oriental Studies to Middle Eastern Studies -- Islamic Motivations -- Chapter 3 -- Area Studies and the Turn Towards the Politics of Representation -- Back to Basics -- Wilfred Cantwell Smith's Integrative Paradigm -- Marshall Hodgson's Conscientious Objections -- Fazlur Rahman and Islamic Reform -- Chapter 4 -- Charles Adams and the Imperviousness of Islamic Data -- Introducing Islam: The Beginner's Textbook -- Islam as Part of the "Holy Trinity": Introducing Western Religions -- Esposito's Islam: The Straight Path -- Denny's An Introduction to Islam -- Chapter 5 -- The Immediate Aftermath: Islamicists Respond -- The Response of Islamicists -- Reclaiming Islam: Putting Theory into Practice -- Conclusion: -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Bibliography -- Subject Index.

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