Viewing Islam : from text to context / edited by Peter G. Riddell. [print]

2016 reprint, previously (Islam from text to context) published in 2010.

Columbia International University Faculty Author

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction (Peter Riddell)

Part One: Text The Development of Early Islam According to the Neo-Revisionists Daniel Janosik Jihad: What Does the Qur'an Really Say? / Bernie Power Fighting the Unbelievers: Various Perspecties on Qur'an 9:29 by Muslim Theologians Denis Savelyev The Kharijites John Kingsbury Greater and Lesser Jihad: Competing or Complementary Perspectives? / Peter Francis

Part Two: Context The Vision for Pakistan: Muslim State or Islamic State? / John Bales A New Day for Islamist Politics in Modern Turkey Richard Duncalfe Issues Affecting the Relationship Between Islam and the State in Australia Richard Bath Is Islam Compatible with 21st Century Western Values and Ideals? / Theo Kalmbach Islamic Finance: A Poisoned Chalice? / Peter Riddell Muslim Women in Prayer Moyra Dale

The volume of works published about Islam has greatly multiplied since the terrorist attacks on US targets in September 2001. At first view there may appear to be an over-abundance of such studies, with the vast number of such works representing dramatically different points on an ideological spectrum.Scholarly red linesNevertheless, there are gaps in this vast literature. In the latter years of the first decade of the 21st century, major academic publishers have been increasingly reluctant to publish works that present critical views of Islam as core arguments. The more common output from academic publishers are the kinds of works that, while extremely valuable in many ways, tread very carefully in their portrayal of core dogmas of Islam, especially relating to scripture and prophet.

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Peter Riddell took his PhD at the Australian National University, focusing on Islam in Southeast Asia, during which time he conducted field research at the Pusat Dokumentasi Aceh in Indonesia and studied Qur'anic Exegesis at L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes/Sorbonne (Paris). He has previously taught at the Australian National University, the Institut Pertanian Bogor (Indonesia), the London School of Oriental and African Studies, and was appointed as Professor of Islamic Studies at the London School of Theology, where he served from 1996-2007 as the founding Director of the Centre for Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Relations. He is currently Vice Principal (Academic) at the Melbourne School of Theology, and is also a Professorial Research Associate in the Department of History, SOAS, University of London.