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World's Religionsby Peter Clarke
Routledge 1990; US$ 80.00The theological and philosophical bases of the beliefs are clearly presented with their history, development, expression and everyday practice. It is written by international specialists in a scholarly but non-technical style. more...
Quranic Schoolingby Helen N. Boyle
Routledge 2004; US$ 145.00Helen N. Boyle takes an anthropological approach to Quranic schooling in examining the role of Quranic preschools in community life. She explores ideas about education, religion, and child rearing within the framework of Islamic culture. more...
Madrasas in South Asiaby Jamal Malik
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 44.95This book discusses the educational system of madrasas in South Asia. It gives a balanced and contextual account on different facets of madrasa education from historical, anthropological, theological, political and religious studies perspectives. more...
Faithful Educationby Ali Riaz
Rutgers University Press 2008; US$ 54.00In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, discussions on ties between Islamic religious education institutions, namely madrassahs, and transnational terrorist groups have featured prominently in the Western media. In the frenzied coverage of events, however, vital questions have been overlooked: What do we know about the madrassahs? Should Western policy-makers be alarmed by the recent increase in the number of these institutions in Muslim countries? Is there any connection between them and the global jihad? Ali Riaz responds to these questions through an in-depth examination of the madrassahs in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. The first book to examine these institutions and their roles in relation to current... more...
Heavenly Readingsby Andrey Rosowsky
Multilingual Matters 2008; US$ 49.95Investigates the literacy practices associated with the religion of Islam as they are shaped, lived and experienced within a typical Muslim community in the United Kingdom. This ethnographic seeks to counterbalance prevailing views on such practices which have often been misrepresented and misunderstood. more...
The Study of Religion and the Training of Muslim Clergy in Europeby B. Willem Drees; Pieter Sjoerd Koningsveld
Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 65.00The first ever study of the education of Muslim clergy in Europe, also exploring broader issues of religious and academic freedom more...
Islamic Education, Diversity and National Identityby Jan-Peter Hartung; Helmut Reifeld
SAGE India 2005; US$ 35.95For many centuries, Muslim religious educational institutions (known as dini madaris) have held an important position among educational institutions in the Indian subcontinent. However, after the 9/11 attacks in the USA and the subsequent declaration of the global `war on terrorism`, allegations against these institutionsabout their being breeding grounds for Muslim fundamentalists and terroristshave dominated India`s media. The debates about these educational institutions primarily revolve around questions like: Is there a link between madaris and violence, anti-national activities, or terrorism? How transparent are these alternative educational networks in terms of funding, spread and patronage? What are the political implications... more...
Islam in the School Curriculumby Shiraz Thobani
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 130.00Islam in the School Curriculum explores the conceptualisation of school-based Islam on two levels: as a symbolic category in English religious education as a consequence of policy shifts, and as pedagogic discourse at the local community level in state and Muslim schools. Using recontextualisation theory, the author examines the relations between educational governance, social interests and cultural epistemology as they pertain specifically to symbolic constructs. In the aftermath of September 11 2001, the teaching of Islam has assumed geopolitical significance, coming under close scrutiny internationally. Much of this attention has been directed at madrasas in Muslim countries, yet Islam in schooling contexts in the West has remained a blind-spot.... more...
Situating Islamby Aaron W. Hughes
Equinox Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 76.50The formation of any scholarly discourse is contingent upon the creation of a vocabulary and a set of categories responsible for manufacturing the data that it deems significant or not. The discovery of raw data, the manufacture of theoretical or interpretive frameworks that make sense of such data, and subsequent scholarly conventions responsible for its dissemination are always mediated by particular social, ideological, and political contexts. This book documents these contexts in the creation of the discipline known as Islamic Studies and demonstrates how they have been instrumental in shaping how we think about Islam in both the academy and, especially post 9/11, in the media. This volume argues that knowledge of Islam has... more...
Studying Islamby Clinton Bennett
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 90.00This first volume in the Studying World Religions series is an essential guide to the study of the Islamic faith. Clearly structured to cover all the major areas of study, including historical foundations, scripture, society, thought, ethics, rituals, spirituality and aesthetics, this is the ideal study aid for those approaching Islam for the first time. Rather than attempting to cover all the material, the critical and methodological issues that students need to grasp in the study of Islam – and religion in general – are drawn out, and the major contemporary debates explored. With helpful suggestions for further study, pointing students towards material such as primary sources (scriptures), films and novels and including... more...









