Disharmony is my business and business is good – a typical day at the office of a historian of religions. Reading and pondering upon Aaron W. Hughes’ Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam

• The task of writing a critical and well-informed introduction to the study of Islam that includes the rise of a religious tradition, its texts, the development of the society, its institutions and intellectual traditions and contemporary history/ies is, of course, a version of mission impossible. The aim of the following article is to discuss Aaron W. Hughes’ Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam and to analyse the implications of Hughes approach to the study of Islam and religions.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion (hsv//eng)

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The Study of Islam

Religious studies

Aaron W. Hughes

identity politics

theology

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