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Aaron W. Hughes uniquely traces the development of Islam in relation to historical, intellectual, and cultural influences, enriching his narrative with the findings, debates, and methodologies of related disciplines, such as archaeology, history, and Near Eastern studies. Hughes's work challenges the dominance of traditional terms and concepts in religious studies, recasting religion as a set of social and cultural facts imagined, manipulated,...

This well-rounded introduction takes an expansive view of Islamic ideology, culture, and tradition, sourcing a range of historical, sociological, and literary perspectives.

This volume reflects on current debates in the acdemic study of religion by reprinting select articles form the Brill journal Method and Theory in the Study of Religions, currently in its 25th volume, and asking a group of younger scholars to comment on them.

Jews from all ages have translated the Bible for their particular timesand needs, but what does the act of translation mean? Aaron W. Hughes believestranslation has profound implications for Jewish identity. The Invention of JewishIdentity presents the first sustained analysis of Bible translation and its impacton Jewish philosophy from the medieval period to the 20th century. Hughes examinessome of the most important Jewish thinkers -- Saadya...

Jacob Neusner was a prolific and innovative contributor to the study of religion for over fifty years. A scholar of rabbinic Judaism, Neusner regarded Jewish texts as data to address larger questions in the academic study of religion that he helped to formulate. Jacob Neusner on Religion offers the first full critical assessment of his thought on the subject of religion. Aaron W. Hughes delineates the stages of Neusner¿s career and provides an...

Illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues involved in defining Judaism for the purposes of comparative and historical studies. This book is divided into four overlapping sections that deal, in various ways, with the configuration of 'Judaism' and how this configuration relates to other historical and/or disciplinary contexts.

This book provides a hard-hitting examination of the spiritual motivations, rhetorical moves, and political implications associated with apologetical discourses. It argues that what is at stake is relevance, and examines the consequences of engaging in mythopoesis as opposed to scholarship.

Considers Jewish studies as an academic discipline from its origins to the present.

Jacob Neusner was a prolific and innovative contributor to the study of religion for over fifty years. A scholar of rabbinic Judaism, Neusner regarded Jewish texts as data to address larger questions in the academic study of religion that he helped to formulate. Jacob Neusner on Religion offers the first full critical assessment of his thought on the subject of religion. Aaron W. Hughes delineates the stages of Neusner¿s career and provides an...

Biography: Neusner is a social commentator, a post-Holocaust theologian, and an outspoken political figure. Jacob Neusner (born 1932) is one of the most important figures in the shaping of modern American Judaism. He was pivotal in transforming the study of Judaism from an insular project only conducted by--and of interest to--religious adherents to one which now flourishes in the secular setting of the university. He is also one of the most c...

This volume seeks to re-examine just what we ought to consider theory to signify.

This volume seeks to re-examine just what we ought to consider theory to signify.

The aim of 'Theorizing Islam' is to explore the potential for a fuller, more honest and more sophisticated approach to both theory and methodology in the academic study of Islam.

This book illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues involved in defining Judaism for the purposes of comparative and historical studies. The editor holds that sound definitions of religious traditions in general emerge from complex dialogues between "insiders, " who define themselves vis a vis "outsiders, " and "outsiders, " who theorize and generalize about the self-definitions of "insiders." Accordingly, the texts anthologize...

Breaking with strictly historical or textual perspectives, this bookexplores Jewish philosophy as philosophy. Often regarded as too technical for Judaicstudies and too religious for philosophy departments, Jewish philosophy has had anambiguous position in the academy. These provocative essays propose new models forthe study of Jewish philosophy that embrace wider intellectual arenas -- includinglinguistics, poetics, aesthetics, and visual cult...

Aaron W. Hughes presents the first major study of dialogue as a Jewishphilosophical practice. Examining connections between Jewish philosophy, theliterary form in which it is expressed, and the culture in which it is produced, Hughes shows how Jews understood and struggled with their social, religious, andintellectual environments. In this innovative and insightful book, Hughes addressesvarious themes associated with the literary form of dialo...