Studying Islam in the Arab world : the rupture between religion and the social sciences / Sari Hanafi ; translated by Thomas Parker.

"Addressing the rupture between religious and social sciences in Arab universities, this book provides a critical assessment of the curricula of Shariah and Islamic Studies departments across the Arab World, arguing for increased interdisciplinary dialogue. Based on over 250 interviews with uni...

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Main Author: Ḥanafī, Sārī (Author)
Other Authors: Parker, Thomas (Translator)
Other title:ʻUlūm al-sharʻ wa-al-ʻulūm al-ijtimāʻīyah, naḥwa tajāwuz al-qaṭīʻah. English
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Series:Routledge studies in Islamic philosophy.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Theoretical Approaches and Contexts: 1. Shariah Education: Its History, Crisis and Approaches
  • 2. The Arab Religious Field
  • 3. The Islamization of Knowledge: Appraisal and Alternative
  • Part II: Curricula of Shariah Programs in the Arab World: 4. Curricula of Shariah Programs in Lebanon: Dominance of the Traditionalist Tendency
  • 5. Shariah Education in Jordan: Traditionalism in a Complicated Religious Field
  • 6. University Shariah Education in Kuwait: Dominance of the Salafi Approach
  • 7. Curricula of Shariah Programs and Islamic Studies in Morocco: Maqasid al-Shariah Approach
  • Part III: Alternative Models: 8. Reviving the Ethical in the Shariah Sciences: The Case of the College of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University
  • 9. From Streamlining to Mainstreaming "Islamization of Knowledge": The Case of the International Islamic University of Malaysia
  • Part IV: Reality, Rupture and Alternative: 10. Problems Shared by Shariah Colleges
  • Conclusion: Towards Methodological Alternatives in Connecting the Shariah Sciences to the Social Sciences.