Early Islam in British Higher Education

In an educational environment where interest in Arabic and Islam is growing, I ask the place of revisionist/critical approaches to early Islam in Higher Education. This paper uses 15 semi-structured interviews with Lecturers in early Islam to investigate how they treat controversial subject matter i...

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Main Author: Wood, Philip 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2019]
In: British Journal of religious education
Year: 2019, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 402-411
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B University education / Islam / Muḥammad 570-632 / Koran
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
FB Theological education
Further subjects:B Multiculturalism
B Higher Education
B Islam
B Religious Studies
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Summary:In an educational environment where interest in Arabic and Islam is growing, I ask the place of revisionist/critical approaches to early Islam in Higher Education. This paper uses 15 semi-structured interviews with Lecturers in early Islam to investigate how they treat controversial subject matter in the classroom. The paper examines how the different approaches taken by lecturers are linked to different kinds of academic training, and asks what kinds of approach are suited to different student demographics. It concludes by suggesting how critical ways of teaching this subject are linked to new approaches in interfaith engagement, which acknowledge the political context for the development of Scriptures.
Item Description:Das Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen "Volume 41 Numbers 3-4, June-September 2019"
ISSN:1740-7931
Contains:Enthalten in: British Journal of religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2017.1373066