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Beyond Islamic Studies : Interdisciplinary Approaches to Method, Theory, and Culture. Essays in Honor of Jonas Otterbeck / edited by Johan Cato, Martin Lund and Erica Li Lundqvist.

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Book
Contributor:
Cato, Johan, editor.
Lund, Martin, editor.
Lundqvist, Erica Li, editor.
Series:
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion ; 26.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026
Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion ; 26
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Religious Studies.
Other Title:
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Method, Theory, and Culture. Essays in Honor of Jonas Otterbeck
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This volume brings together interdisciplinary research in Islamic, religious, and cultural studies, covering a wide range of subjects and perspectives and challenging conventional academic boundaries and assumptions. It discusses both historical and contemporary examples, with a particular focus on issues relating to theory and methodology, music, soundscapes, and popular and material culture. It also examines how Islam is constructed historically and in the present day, focusing on its production and interpretation by both Muslims and non-Muslims, through case studies spanning Sufi universalism, dating platforms, textbooks, music, mass media, and everyday practices.
Contents:
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction – What Lies beyond Islamic Studies? An Invitation to Interdisciplinary Dialogue and Critique
Erica Li Lundqvist, Martin Lund and Johan Cato
Part 1 Theory and Method
1 The Methodology of Play Around, Fuck About, Have Fun, and Be Bold – a Serious Approach to Scientific Discovery
Jesper Petersen
2 Authenticity, Inauthenticity, and Finding the Space Between
Aaron W. Hughes
3 Mid-East by North-West: Locating Islamic Studies in Religious Studies
Oliver Scharbrodt
4 Superdiversity: Reflections on a Concept Inspired by Otterbeckian Warnings
Garbi Schmidt
5 Islamophobia Reconsidered? Developments in Swedish Political Discourse Concerning Islamophobia
Johan Cato
6 On Authentication and Taking Islamophobia “Seriously”
Martin Lund
Part 2 Islamic Studies and Beyond
7 The Cult of Sanctity of Ibn Hanbal
Susanne Olsson
8 Non-Islamic Sufism? On Islam and Non-Islam in the Rites and Writings of Inayat Khan
Simon Sorgenfrei
9 “It Does Not Feel … Authentic”: Synthetic Muslim Young Adults in Malmö and Copenhagen on Islamic Pop Music
Jonas Svensson
10 “Wanted to Meet a Good Halal Boy”: in Search of Love, Authenticity and “Islam” on Muslim Dating Platforms
Erica Li Lundqvist
11 What Is Reasonable to Demand? Islam in Swedish Textbooks Twenty Years Later
Rickard Lagervall
12 The Biblical Rhetoric of Malcolm X: a Cartography of “Scripture” between 1960 and 1965
Joel Kuhlin
13 Imaginal Islam in Theosophical and Anthroposophical Perspective
Olav Hammer
14 Studying Islam through a Broken Lens: the Use of Gnosticism as an Analytic Tool at the Dawn of Islamic Studies
Paul Linjamaa
Part 3 Music and Soundscapes
15 Black Rhythm Revolution: Idris Muhammad, Islam, and Jazz
Göran Larsson
16 The One-Eyed Curse: Dajjāl in European Extreme Metal
Douglas Mattsson
17 Noise and Islam
Anthony T. Fiscella
18 Sensing the City: Sonic Rhythms and Embodied Change in the Megacities of Cairo and New York
Maria Frederika Malmström
Part 4 Popular and Material Cultures
19 Dogs in Multi-religious Societies: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
Jenny Berglund
20 Finding the Ritual Language in Contemporary Swedish Market Society
Anne-Christine Hornborg
21 The Haunted Landscape of Loss: Popular Culture and Politics in Ben Wheatley’s A Field in England
Ive Brissman
22 The Wristwatch and Religion: the Semiotics of Timekeeping, Tradition, and Technology
Anders Ackfeldt and Andreas Johansson
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9789004761483
Publisher Number:
10.1163/9789004761483 DOI

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