New book on the role of skepticism in the development of Islamic theology

by Salman Hameed End of the semester and then a trip to Pakistan kept me away from Irtiqa. There are a number of items in the backlog. But first I wanted to point out this new book, Skepticism in Classical: Moments of Confusion by Paul L. Heck. The book looks really interesting, but I haven't...

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Saturday Video: Talal Asad - "Thinking about religion, secularism and politics"

by Salman Hameed If you are interested in a thoughtful conversation about Islam and secularism, you should spend about an hour with Talal Asad here. Among other books, he is the author of Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity and the highly influential Geneologies of Religion: Disciplines and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam. This is also an antidote to the...

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SSiMS talk on "Islamic Structures of Science and Society"

by Salman Hameed If you are in the area, join us for Wednesday lunch talk hosted by the Center for the Study of Science in Muslim Societies (SSiMS) and the School of Cognitive Science at Hampshire College. Here are the details:  Islamic structures of science and society by  Lydia Wilson Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Graduate Center, CUNY Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 at Noon Adele...

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