Editor: Brannon M. Wheeler bwheeler@usna.edu
Director, Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, United States Naval Academy
Books for Review
Please send Books for review in Comparative Islamic Studies to:the Editorial Office at the address below.
Comparative Islamic Studies focuses on integrating Islamic studies into the more general theoretical and methodological boundaries of liberal arts disciplines with an emphasis on those disciplines most closely aligned with the contemporary study of religion (e.g. anthropology, art history, classics, comparative literature, history, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology). Particular attention will be given to articles and reviews which reflect how Islamic materials can challenge and contribute to generic categories, theories and questions of method in the general study of religion. The journal provides the opportunity for expert scholars of Islam to demonstrate the more general significance of their research both to comparativists and to specialists working in other areas.
Articles are to be explicitly comparative in their focus and scope, and should clearly articulate both the reasons for selecting to compare certain phenomena and the theoretical conclusions to be drawn from the comparison. Comparisons may be between Islamic and non-Islamic materials or within and among Islamic materials. Some examples include analyses of Bible and Quran along with Jewish, Christian and Muslim exegesis; studies of rituals, canonical texts, myths, and ideeologies; sociological categories investigating prophet figures, holy people, saints and sufis; and comparisons of theology, philosophy and mysticism.
Attention to Islamic materials from outside the central Arabic lands is of special interest, as are comparisons which stress the diversity of Islam as it interacts with changing human conditions. Articles may also concentrate on the methodological and theoretical implications of doing comparative analysis.
Indexing and Abstracting
EBSCO's Academic Search Premier & Religion and Philosophy Collection
Religious & Theological Abstracts
Published: June and December
ISSN:1740-7125 (print)
ISSN:1747-9681 (online)
Editorial Address:
Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, 107 Maryland Avenue, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402-5044, USA
Director, Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, United States Naval Academy
Books for Review
Please send Books for review in Comparative Islamic Studies to:the Editorial Office at the address below.
Comparative Islamic Studies focuses on integrating Islamic studies into the more general theoretical and methodological boundaries of liberal arts disciplines with an emphasis on those disciplines most closely aligned with the contemporary study of religion (e.g. anthropology, art history, classics, comparative literature, history, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology). Particular attention will be given to articles and reviews which reflect how Islamic materials can challenge and contribute to generic categories, theories and questions of method in the general study of religion. The journal provides the opportunity for expert scholars of Islam to demonstrate the more general significance of their research both to comparativists and to specialists working in other areas.
Articles are to be explicitly comparative in their focus and scope, and should clearly articulate both the reasons for selecting to compare certain phenomena and the theoretical conclusions to be drawn from the comparison. Comparisons may be between Islamic and non-Islamic materials or within and among Islamic materials. Some examples include analyses of Bible and Quran along with Jewish, Christian and Muslim exegesis; studies of rituals, canonical texts, myths, and ideeologies; sociological categories investigating prophet figures, holy people, saints and sufis; and comparisons of theology, philosophy and mysticism.
Attention to Islamic materials from outside the central Arabic lands is of special interest, as are comparisons which stress the diversity of Islam as it interacts with changing human conditions. Articles may also concentrate on the methodological and theoretical implications of doing comparative analysis.
Indexing and Abstracting
EBSCO's Academic Search Premier & Religion and Philosophy Collection
Religious & Theological Abstracts
Published: June and December
ISSN:1740-7125 (print)
ISSN:1747-9681 (online)
Editorial Address:
Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, 107 Maryland Avenue, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402-5044, USA