Teaching Islamic Studies in the Age of ISIS, Islamophobia, and the Internet - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253039800 ISBN 13: 9780253039804

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2019

Synopsis

How can teachers introduce Islam to students when daily media headlines can prejudice students' perception of the subject? Should Islam be taught differently in secular universities than in colleges with a clear faith-based mission? What are strategies for discussing Islam and violence without perpetuating stereotypes? The contributors of Teaching Islamic Studies in the Age of ISIS, Islamophobia, and the Internet address these challenges head-on and consider approaches to Islamic studies pedagogy, Islamophobia and violence, and suggestions for how to structure courses. These approaches acknowledge the particular challenges faced when teaching a topic that students might initially fear or distrust. Speaking from their own experience, they include examples of collaborative teaching models, reading and media suggestions, and ideas for group assignments that encourage deeper engagement and broader thinking. The contributors also share personal struggles when confronted with students (including Muslim students) and parents who suspected the courses might have ulterior motives. In an age of stereotypes and misrepresentations of Islam, this book offers a range of means by which teachers can encourage students to thoughtfully engage with the topic of Islam.

About this title

About the Author:

Courtney M. Dorroll is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at Wofford College.

Sabahat Adil is Assistant Professor of Pre-Modern Arabic Literature and Culture in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Kecia Ali is Professor of Religion at Boston University. Her books include Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence and The Lives of Muhammad.

Doaa Baumi is a PhD student at the University of Birmingham in the Department of Theology and Religion. She is also Assistant Lecturer at Al Azhar University in the Department of Creed and Philosophy.

Manuela Ceballos is Assistant Professor of Islam at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Courtney M. Dorroll is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at Wofford College.

Phil Dorroll is Assistant Professor of Religion at Wofford College.

Nathan S. French is Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion and an affiliate of Middle East and Islamic Studies at Miami University.

Benjamin Geer is Research Fellow at the Digital Humanities Lab, University of Basel.

Todd Green is Associate Professor of Religion at Luther College and a former U.S. State Department advisor on Islamophobia in Europe. He is the author of The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West.

Kimberly Hall is Assistant Professor of English at Wofford College.

Shehnaz Haqqani is a Dissertation Diversity Scholar at Ithaca College in Women's and Gender Studies.

Lyndall Herman is a Global Risk Analyst with CARE USA, an affiliated researcher with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona, and an instructor at the University of Arizona and Cochise College.

William Maynard Hutchins is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University. He is best known for translating Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz.

Mouez Khalfaoui is Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence at the University of Tuebingen.

Richard Martin is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Emory University. His books include Defenders of Reason in Islam: Mutazilism from Medieval School to Modern Symbol and Rethinking Islamic Studies: From Orientalism to Cosmopolitanism, edited with Carl W. Ernst.

Laila Houssein Moustafa is Assistant Professor and Middle Eastern and North African Studies Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Alfons H. Teipen is Associate Professor of Religion at Furman University.

Review:

"Islamic studies scholars, under suspicion by both Islamophobes and Muslims for not teaching "real Islam," walk a tightrope―between combating prejudice and critical inquiry―in their course instruction. Teaching Islamic Studies in the Age of ISIS provides no easy solutions, but much fodder for thought, as well as practical hands-on ideas to try."

(Reading Religion)

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0253039800
• ISBN 13: 9780253039804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Dorroll Courtney M.