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The Interpretative Pivot: Hermeneutics and the Contemporary Decline of Islamic Pluralism – by Peter Gottschalk

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016

The sixth essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? In the penultimate chapter – “Applications and Implications: Coherent Contradiction, Exploration, ... [Read More]

Charting the Atlas of the Heart: Why Humans Need a Language of Emotions

August 26, 2016August 11, 2023

Thomas Harrison on Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world,” wrote Ludwig Wittgenstein. ... [Read More]

Reconceptualization, Pre-Text, and Con-text – by Sajjad Rizvi

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016

The fifth essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? We use categories and concepts in order to communicate something to ... [Read More]

What is Islam? A Celebration and Defense of Contradiction Perplexity and Paradox – by Anna Bigelow

August 24, 2016August 24, 2016

The fourth essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? If Shahab Ahmed were still with us to defend the complex ... [Read More]

The Problem with Being Islamic: Definitional and Theoretical Limits and Legacies – by Zareena Grewal

August 23, 2016August 22, 2016

The third essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? Last semester I began my graduate seminar, “Interrogating the ‘Crisis’ of ... [Read More]

The Priority of the Political: Politics Determines the Possibilities of Islam – by Mohammad H. Fadel

August 22, 2016August 22, 2016

The second essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? Chapter 2 of “What is Islam?” is primarily a deconstructive project ... [Read More]

What is Islam? Forum – An Introduction

August 19, 2016November 2, 2022

Edited by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst and Kristian Petersen Coherence and Contradiction: What is Islam? Forum The late Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam?: the ... [Read More]

Three More Questions about What is Islam? – by Tehseen Thaver

August 19, 2016August 19, 2016

In many ways this book is an act of un-inheritance The first chapter of Shahab Ahmed’s magnum opus What is Islam? titled “Six ... [Read More]

Kevin Kruse Responds to the Forum

January 9, 2016January 9, 2016

Kevin M. Kruse in the One Nation Under God Forum ※ See the Forum’s homepage here. ※ I am deeply grateful to these four scholars ... [Read More]

Piety and Prosperity in Christian America – By Matthew Avery Sutton

December 16, 2015December 16, 2015

Matthew Avery Sutton in the One Nation Under God Forum ※ See the Forum’s homepage here. ※ Every month, hundreds of thousands of Americans ... [Read More]