Kambiz Ghaneabassiri
Biographic Data
| ID | 318870 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kambiz Ghaneabassiri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kambiz |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghaneabassiri |
| SIGNATURE | GHANEABASSIRI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Reed College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9109-8183 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Traces of the Prophets
Introduction to the Special Issue
Anna Bigelow and Kambiz GhaneaBassiri introduce this special issue of MAVCOR Journal devoted to Material Islam. It explores devotional objects, the Islamic sensorium, the book as a material object, the Muslim body, and the various roles of the mosque as a social, political, and spiritual space
The Currency of Religion in America in Three Acts
Cody Musselman, Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, and Roxanne Korpan each present an object for consideration. Together they think about what it means for each object to be involved in the material economy of religion. Their conversation traverses various geographies and traditions, and ponders how material objects can be carriers of religion
In Conversation with Christiane Gruber on Material Islamic Studies
Ablution Socks
The marketing of “wudhu socks" provides an interesting window onto how the forces of consumer capitalism in twenty-first-century America are brought to bear on a centuries-old hermeneutical, legal, and theological tradition in Islam that has long conceptualized purity through embodiment and objects
Wudhu Socks
This is a pair of highly engineered, durable waterproof socks that exemplifies the rebranding of sportswear for the American Muslim market. Marketed as “wudhu socks,” the socks protect the feet and ankles from ritual impurities, and are intended to allow one not to wash one’s feet between ablutions
Structuring Sovereignty
The monumental Alabaster Mosque of the Ottoman-appointed governor of Egypt Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha (r. 1805–1848) has been varyingly examined as a visual representation of the Pasha’s political ambitions, modernizing spirit, nationalist aspirations, and cosmopolitanism. Scholars have generally sought to explain the significance of Muhammad ‘Ali’s mosque through such structuring concepts as modernity and nationalism, but questions remain as to why Muh…
American Muslim Philanthropy after 9/11
Following 9/11, American Muslim philanthropy has generally been framed in terms of national security and civil liberties. In practice, however, American Muslims’ charitable giving has neither posed a threat to national security nor has the government’s closing of some of the largest Muslim relief organizations after 9/11 had the chilling effect that many predicted it would have had on American Muslims’ religious obligation of giving to charity. T…
A History of Islam in America
Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the Atlantic slave trade. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri's fascinating book traces the history of Muslims in the United States and their different waves of immigration and conversion across five centuries, through colonial and antebellum America, through world wars and civil rights struggles, to the contemporary era. The book tells the often deeply moving stories of individual Muslims and thei…
The Epistemological Foundation of Conceptions of Justice in Classical Kalam
This article inquires into socio-historical implications of theological conceptions of justice in early Islam through an examination of ʿAbd al-Jabbār's al-Mughnī and Ibn al-Bāqillānī' s al-Tamhīd. It argues that differences in their conceptions of justice were founded on varying theories of knowledge, since they—and presumably their audience—assumed that the way in which one interprets one's intuitions and internal experiences is directly relate…
Islam in America . Jane I. Smith
Competing Visions of Islam in the United States
Tables Introduction Some Major Muslim Organizations in the United States Muslim Integration Gender Issues and Relations African-American Muslims Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index
Competing Visions of Islam in the United States
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Competing Visions of Islam in the United States
Competing Visions of Islam in the United States
Tables Introduction Some Major Muslim Organizations in the United States Muslim Integration Gender Issues and Relations African-American Muslims Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index
Islam in America . Jane I. Smith
The Epistemological Foundation of Conceptions of Justice in Classical Kalam
This article inquires into socio-historical implications of theological conceptions of justice in early Islam through an examination of ʿAbd al-Jabbār's al-Mughnī and Ibn al-Bāqillānī' s al-Tamhīd. It argues that differences in their conceptions of justice were founded on varying theories of knowledge, since they—and presumably their audience—assumed that the way in which one interprets one's intuitions and internal experiences is directly relate…
A History of Islam in America
Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the Atlantic slave trade. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri's fascinating book traces the history of Muslims in the United States and their different waves of immigration and conversion across five centuries, through colonial and antebellum America, through world wars and civil rights struggles, to the contemporary era. The book tells the often deeply moving stories of individual Muslims and thei…
American Muslim Philanthropy after 9/11
Following 9/11, American Muslim philanthropy has generally been framed in terms of national security and civil liberties. In practice, however, American Muslims’ charitable giving has neither posed a threat to national security nor has the government’s closing of some of the largest Muslim relief organizations after 9/11 had the chilling effect that many predicted it would have had on American Muslims’ religious obligation of giving to charity. T…
Structuring Sovereignty
The monumental Alabaster Mosque of the Ottoman-appointed governor of Egypt Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha (r. 1805–1848) has been varyingly examined as a visual representation of the Pasha’s political ambitions, modernizing spirit, nationalist aspirations, and cosmopolitanism. Scholars have generally sought to explain the significance of Muhammad ‘Ali’s mosque through such structuring concepts as modernity and nationalism, but questions remain as to why Muh…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Anna Bigelow and Kambiz GhaneaBassiri introduce this special issue of MAVCOR Journal devoted to Material Islam. It explores devotional objects, the Islamic sensorium, the book as a material object, the Muslim body, and the various roles of the mosque as a social, political, and spiritual space
The Currency of Religion in America in Three Acts
Cody Musselman, Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, and Roxanne Korpan each present an object for consideration. Together they think about what it means for each object to be involved in the material economy of religion. Their conversation traverses various geographies and traditions, and ponders how material objects can be carriers of religion
In Conversation with Christiane Gruber on Material Islamic Studies
Ablution Socks
The marketing of “wudhu socks" provides an interesting window onto how the forces of consumer capitalism in twenty-first-century America are brought to bear on a centuries-old hermeneutical, legal, and theological tradition in Islam that has long conceptualized purity through embodiment and objects
Wudhu Socks
This is a pair of highly engineered, durable waterproof socks that exemplifies the rebranding of sportswear for the American Muslim market. Marketed as “wudhu socks,” the socks protect the feet and ankles from ritual impurities, and are intended to allow one not to wash one’s feet between ablutions
Traces of the Prophets
Islam (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works)