Mapping Islamic Studies

Genealogy, Continuity and Change

Since its founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.

They are intended as a contribution to the discussion of how the discipline of
Islamic Studies, a branch of Oriental Studies, as it has come to be understood
and practiced, evolved in its various historical contexts. They also seek to reflect ...