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As part of a regular series of conversations, Usaama al-Azami interviews Omar Anchassi about books from the academic field of Islamic studies. We reflect on what they mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
This week we discuss Christopher Melchert's recent work. 'Before Sufism: Early Islamic Renunciant Piety'.
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As part of a regular series of conversations, Usaama al-Azami interviews Omar Anchassi about books from the academic field of Islamic studies. We reflect on what they mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
This week we discuss Emad Hamdeh's recent work. 'Salafism and Traditionalism: Scholarly Authority in Modern Islam'.
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As part of a regular series of conversations, Usaama al-Azami interviews Omar Anchassi about books from the academic field of Islamic studies. We reflect on what they mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
This week we discuss Hilary Kalmbach's recent book, 'Islamic Knowledge and the Making of Modern Egypt'.
We welcome audience participation with questions and comments during the livestream.
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This week's episode reviews: 'A History of Muslim Views of the Bible' by Martin Whittingham.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'Transformations of Tradition' by Junaid Quadri.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'Women as Imams' by Simonetta Calderini.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'The Unforgettable Queens of Islam' by Shahla Haeri.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'Women and Gender in the Qur'an' by Celene Ibrahim.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'Writing History in the Medieval Islamic World' by Fozia Bora.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'Law and Politics Under the Abbasids' by Sohaira Siddiqui.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'Muhammad's Body' by Michael Muhammad Knight.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'Muhammad and the Empires of Faith' by Sean Anthony.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'Kitab al-Maqalat' attributed to Abu Ali al-Jubba'i.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: 'Rediscovering the Islamic Classics' by Ahmed El Shamsy.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: "Shariʿa, Justice and Legal Order" by Rudolph Peters.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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This week's episode reviews: "Polymaths of Islam: Power and Networks of Knowledge in Central Asia" by James Pickett.
As part of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
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In the first of a regular series of conversations, Dr Usaama al-Azami interviews Dr Omar Anchassi regarding the latter's broad reading from the academic field of Islamic studies by way of reflecting on what these books mean for both the field and Islam and Muslims in the modern world.
This week's episode reviews: "Lived Islam: Colloquial Religion in a Cosmopolitan Tradition" by A. Kevin Reinhart.
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