Identity, Politics and the Study of Islam

Matt Sheedy received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies at the University of Manitoba (2015), Winnipeg, and is co-editor of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blog and Religion Compass. His research interests include critical social theory, theories of secularism, as well as representations of Christianity, Islam, and Native traditions in popular and political culture.

• IntroductionIdentity, Apologetics, and the Shapes of Critique in the Study of IslamMatt SheedyTheory and Identity Politics in the Study of Islam1. The Modesty of TheoryRuth Mas (Freie Universitaet Berlin)2. "I Want My Discipline Back"Salman Sayyid (University of Leeds)Critique and Identity in Qur'an Studies3. Religion, History, Ethics: Rethinking the Crisis of Western Qur'anic StudiesAlexandre Caeiro (Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies) and Emmanuelle Stefanidis (Universite Paris Sorbonne)4. Identity Politics and Scholarship in the Study of Islamic Origins: The Inscriptions of the Dome of the Rock as a Test CaseCarlos A. Segovia (St Louis University, Madrid and Camilo Jose Cela University, Madrid)Comparative Views from Outside Islamic Studies5. Jews, Jewish Studies, and the Study of IslamSarah Imhoff (Indiana University)6. The Quest for the Historical: Can Biblical Studies Lead Qur'anic Studies away from Theology?James Crossley (St Marys University, London)A Critical Appraisal 7. Old Islamic Studies, or a Public Service AnnouncementDevin Stewart (Emory University)AfterwordThe Meaning and End of Scholarship on ReligionRussell T. McCutcheon (University of Alabama)