Bill Gent
Biographic Data
| ID | 1240262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bill Gent |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bill |
| FAMILY NAME | Gent |
| SIGNATURE | GENT B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Qur’anic education and non-confessional RE
This article focuses on the reported experiences of Muslim students that regularly shift between Muslim ‘supplementary education’ (including its traditional confessional focus on learning to read Arabic and then memorise and recite the Qur’an) and mainstream school education (including its ‘inclusive’ form of religious education’). The aim has been to better comprehend how these students make sense of this dual educational experience while negoti…
British Muslims
It is encouraging to see two authors—one of a Christian, the other of a Muslim heritage—collaborating to write a book which attempts the difficult task of surveying and interpreting the current sta
Memorising and Reciting a Text without Understanding Its Meaning
The joint activities of memorising and reciting the Arabic Qur'an are deeply embedded within Islamic tradition, culture and educational practice. Despite this, for many western non-Muslims, particularly those engaged in educational activity themselves, to learn that memorisation of the Arabic text of the Qur'an does not always-or, indeed, often-go hand-in-hand with understanding the meaning of the words can come as both a surprise and a shock. It…
Becoming ‘Good Muslim’
Becoming ‘Good Muslim’: The Tablighi Jamaat in the UK and Bangladesh." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(3), pp. 602–603
The hidden Olympians
Teaching Islam
by Jenny Berglund, Munster, Waxmann, 2010, 253 pp., €29.90 (paperback), ISBN 978-3-8309-2277-3 In this book, Jenny Berglund, currently senior lecturer and researcher at Sodertorn University, South
Qur’anic education and non-confessional RE
This article focuses on the reported experiences of Muslim students that regularly shift between Muslim ‘supplementary education’ (including its traditional confessional focus on learning to read Arabic and then memorise and recite the Qur’an) and mainstream school education (including its ‘inclusive’ form of religious education’). The aim has been to better comprehend how these students make sense of this dual educational experience while negoti…
Becoming ‘Good Muslim’
Becoming ‘Good Muslim’: The Tablighi Jamaat in the UK and Bangladesh." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(3), pp. 602–603
The hidden Olympians
Teaching Islam
by Jenny Berglund, Munster, Waxmann, 2010, 253 pp., €29.90 (paperback), ISBN 978-3-8309-2277-3 In this book, Jenny Berglund, currently senior lecturer and researcher at Sodertorn University, South
Teaching Islam
by Jenny Berglund, Munster, Waxmann, 2010, 253 pp., €29.90 (paperback), ISBN 978-3-8309-2277-3 In this book, Jenny Berglund, currently senior lecturer and researcher at Sodertorn University, South
The hidden Olympians
Becoming ‘Good Muslim’
Becoming ‘Good Muslim’: The Tablighi Jamaat in the UK and Bangladesh." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(3), pp. 602–603
Qur’anic education and non-confessional RE
This article focuses on the reported experiences of Muslim students that regularly shift between Muslim ‘supplementary education’ (including its traditional confessional focus on learning to read Arabic and then memorise and recite the Qur’an) and mainstream school education (including its ‘inclusive’ form of religious education’). The aim has been to better comprehend how these students make sense of this dual educational experience while negoti…
British Muslims
It is encouraging to see two authors—one of a Christian, the other of a Muslim heritage—collaborating to write a book which attempts the difficult task of surveying and interpreting the current sta
Memorising and Reciting a Text without Understanding Its Meaning
The joint activities of memorising and reciting the Arabic Qur'an are deeply embedded within Islamic tradition, culture and educational practice. Despite this, for many western non-Muslims, particularly those engaged in educational activity themselves, to learn that memorisation of the Arabic text of the Qur'an does not always-or, indeed, often-go hand-in-hand with understanding the meaning of the words can come as both a surprise and a shock. It…
Education and Islamic Studies (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Islam (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Religious Studies (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works)