J Andrew Bush
Biographic Data
| ID | 223222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Andrew Bush |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Bush |
| SIGNATURE | BUSH J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Writing Program New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0388-9832 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dialogues of Legal Sovereignty in Iraqi Kurdistan
Islamic legal traditions in Iraqi Kurdistan equip husbands with the power of effecting a divorce by speech. Construed as an authoritative speaking subject in the law, husbands nonetheless often give divorces that they regret, and seek the advice of muftis to repair legitimate marriages. Muftis in turn sometimes call upon the personal status law enforced in state courts to facilitate that repair. Yet, the nuance of legal process show that legal so…
Between Muslims
Within the broad contours of Islamic traditions, Muslims are enjoined to fast during the month of Ramadan, they are invited to a disciplined practice of prayer, and they are offered the Quran as the divine revelation in the most beautiful verbal form. But what happens if Muslims choose not to fast, or give up prayer, or if the Quran's beauty seems inaccessible? When Muslims do not take up the path of piety, what happens to their relationships wit…
An offer of pleasure
Recent conflicts between Islamist and secularist parties in Iraqi Kurdistan have politicized pious and nonpious orientations to Islamic traditions. In public debate and domestic relations, tensions pervade relations between Muslims who pursue piety and those who do not. Yet affects of pleasure and joy also play a key role in the ethics of domestic relations. Evidence from the life of a Kurdish man and his family demonstrates that their orientatio…
How “God Becomes a Lover”
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, this article tracks the imbrication of ordinary and mystical desire in the life of a Muslim man who disavows pietistic forms of ethical striving. It examines the way tropes of desire from Sufi poetry affect everyday life and desire in ordinary relationships with friends and kin. Revising the notion of the “infinity of desire,” which explains the traction of the paradigmatically myst…
The Politics of Poetry
An offer of pleasure
Recent conflicts between Islamist and secularist parties in Iraqi Kurdistan have politicized pious and nonpious orientations to Islamic traditions. In public debate and domestic relations, tensions pervade relations between Muslims who pursue piety and those who do not. Yet affects of pleasure and joy also play a key role in the ethics of domestic relations. Evidence from the life of a Kurdish man and his family demonstrates that their orientatio…
How “God Becomes a Lover”
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, this article tracks the imbrication of ordinary and mystical desire in the life of a Muslim man who disavows pietistic forms of ethical striving. It examines the way tropes of desire from Sufi poetry affect everyday life and desire in ordinary relationships with friends and kin. Revising the notion of the “infinity of desire,” which explains the traction of the paradigmatically myst…
The Politics of Poetry
How “God Becomes a Lover”
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, this article tracks the imbrication of ordinary and mystical desire in the life of a Muslim man who disavows pietistic forms of ethical striving. It examines the way tropes of desire from Sufi poetry affect everyday life and desire in ordinary relationships with friends and kin. Revising the notion of the “infinity of desire,” which explains the traction of the paradigmatically myst…
An offer of pleasure
Recent conflicts between Islamist and secularist parties in Iraqi Kurdistan have politicized pious and nonpious orientations to Islamic traditions. In public debate and domestic relations, tensions pervade relations between Muslims who pursue piety and those who do not. Yet affects of pleasure and joy also play a key role in the ethics of domestic relations. Evidence from the life of a Kurdish man and his family demonstrates that their orientatio…
Between Muslims
Within the broad contours of Islamic traditions, Muslims are enjoined to fast during the month of Ramadan, they are invited to a disciplined practice of prayer, and they are offered the Quran as the divine revelation in the most beautiful verbal form. But what happens if Muslims choose not to fast, or give up prayer, or if the Quran's beauty seems inaccessible? When Muslims do not take up the path of piety, what happens to their relationships wit…
Dialogues of Legal Sovereignty in Iraqi Kurdistan
Islamic legal traditions in Iraqi Kurdistan equip husbands with the power of effecting a divorce by speech. Construed as an authoritative speaking subject in the law, husbands nonetheless often give divorces that they regret, and seek the advice of muftis to repair legitimate marriages. Muftis in turn sometimes call upon the personal status law enforced in state courts to facilitate that repair. Yet, the nuance of legal process show that legal so…
Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Poetry (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (3 works)