Rethinking Contested Ground

The Study of Islam in/and the Study of Religions

Authors

  • Matt K. Sheedy University of Manitoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v43i4.3

Keywords:

Aaron Hughes, Omid Safi, Ruth Mas, Edward Curtis, Vernon Schubel, Eleanor Finnegan, James Crossley, Sarah Imhoff

Abstract

This short introduction provides some context and an overview of the "Hughes-Safi dispute" along with a brief summary of the essays included in this special feature issue.

Author Biography

  • Matt K. Sheedy, University of Manitoba

    Matt Sheedy is a PhD. candidate in the Department of Religion, University of Manitoba.

References

Hughes, Aaron, 2012. Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction. Durham, UK: Acumen Publishing.

———. 2014. “When Scholarship is Just Bad Scholarship.” Bulletin for the Study of Religion Blog. Accessed October 2014. http://www.equinoxpub.com/blog/2014/02/when-bad-scholarship-is-just-bad-scholarship-a-response-to-omid-safi/.

“Omid Safi.” n.d. Wikipedia. Accessed October 2014.

Safi, Omid, 2014. “Reflections on the State of Islamic Studies.” Jadaliyya. Accessed October 2014. Available at http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/16269/reflections-on-the-state-of-islamic-studies.

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Published

2014-12-02

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 4 (2014)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Sheedy, M. (2014). Rethinking Contested Ground: The Study of Islam in/and the Study of Religions. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 43(4), 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v43i4.3