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Hadith Commentary

Continuity and Change

The first collection of scholarly essays on the key texts and critical themes of hadith commentary--a central site of Islamic intellectual life for more than a millennium--across diverse periods, regions, and sects.

The first collection of scholarly essays on the key texts and critical themes of hadith commentary--a central site of Islamic intellectual life for more than a millennium--across diverse periods, regions, and sects.

A Modern History of the Ismailis

Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community

This collection of studies is the first scholarly attempt to survey the modern history of both Ismaili branches since the middle of the 19th century. For the Nizari Ismailis it covers a variety of topical issues and themes, including the modern history of their communities in Syria, Central Asia, South Asia and East Africa, as well as their migration to the West. The Aga Khans' modernizing, education and gender policies are also discussed, as well as the Aga Khan Development Network and approaches to the built environment. A separate part is devoted to the modern history of the Tayyibi Bohras and developments within this community. --Book Jacket.

See Paula Sanders , ' Bohra Architecture and the Restoration of Fatimid Culture ' , in M. Barrucand , ed . , L'Égypte Fatimide , son art et son histoire ( Paris , 1999 ) , pp . 159-165 . 8 . Satish C. Misra , Muslim Communities of ...

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 ...