Teaching and Study of Islam in Western Universities2013
by Morris, Paul
"This book examines the teaching of Islam and the issues that raises inside universities for the academic community having to negotiate between competing cultural and philosophical demands"--
"Public interest in the religion of Islam and in Muslim communities in recent years has generated an impetus for Western Universities to establish an array of Institutes and programs dedicated to the study of Islam. Despite the growth in number of programs dedicated to this study, very little attention has been paid to the appropriate shape of such programs and the assumptions that ought to underlie such a study. The Teaching and Study of Islam in Western Universities attempts to address two central questions that arise through the teaching of Islam. Firstly, what relation is there between the study...