Shahab Ahmed and the Hermeneutics of Islam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21874792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Milani Milad (0000-0001-8680-8833, Western Sydney University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-203 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Academic Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-704X • E-ISSN: 2047-7058 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/jasr.42442 |
| OpenAlex | W3109279828 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In the posthumously published book, What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic (2016), Shahab Ahmed (1966–2015) presented a new conceptualisation of Islam to address two points: to re-conceptualise Islam in terms of contradiction, and re-present what it meant to be Islamic as a challenge to existing conceptualisations. This article argues that Ahmed’s rethinking of Islam/Islamic is properly situated as a revivalist catholic hermeneutics, and as such, his conceptualisation is a reworking of insider discourse writ large. It further examines Ahmed’s hermeneutics through a Heideggerian lens
Contradiction · Epistemology · Hermeneutics · Insider · Islam · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Writ · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |