Reading an Islamic Epistemology into Research: Muslim Converts and Contemporary Religion in Britain

Autor/in	Adebolajo, Jeremiah
Titel	Reading an Islamic Epistemology into Research: Muslim Converts and Contemporary Religion in Britain
Quelle	In: Journal of Religious Education, 70 (2022) 3, S.397-411 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1442-018X
DOI	10.1007/s40839-022-00183-9
Schlagwörter	Muslims; Foreign Countries; Islam; Epistemology; Religion Studies; Diversity; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muslim; Muslimin; Ausland; Erkenntnistheorie; Religionswissenschaft
Abstract	This paper presents a tentative argument for the application of a unique methodological approach in researching convert Muslims in contemporary Britain. By throwing into relief some of the theoretical limitations of previous studies on the topic, a case is made for a dialectical model of thinking that foregrounds Islamic epistemology and places it into conversation with a critical posture. The article contributes to a wider discourse within academia about the ability of the contemporary study of religion to reflect the increasingly diverse world of religious and non-religious practice found in contemporary Britain. It is critical of the over enfranchisement of secular readings of Islamic conversion specifically, and orientalist framings of Islamic identity generally. I conclude by asserting insider positionality and the primacy of reflexivity as an approach to ensure intellectual rigour. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01