Islam

CfP&P: “Religious Revival, Secularization, or Both? Religion and politics in times of increasing societal complexity”

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Call for Papers and Panel Proposals for the 2024 ECPR General Conference – Religion and Politics Section We are pleased to announce that the ECPR website is now open for paper and panel submissions for the 2024 General Conference set to take place at University College Dublin 12-15 August. Please find below the abstract of … CfP&P: “Religious Revival, Secularization, or Both? Religion and politics in times of increasing societal complexity”

Conference: Islam and Democracy. Exploring the Strategies of Political Islam

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The Cordoba Foundation NATIONAL CONFERENCE ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY: Exploring the Strategies of Political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood’s Contribution On the back of a trending upsurge in interest and critique of political Islam following the Arab Spring, and particularly the Muslim Brotherhood, this timely conference seeks to unpick the nature and manifestation of political Islam … Conference: Islam and Democracy. Exploring the Strategies of Political Islam

Cfp: ‘Religion in the Arab-Israeli conflict’, 2015 EISA Conference

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Call for papers: ‘Religion in the Arab-Israeli conflict’, 9th Pan-European Conference of the European International Studies Association (EISA) (Section 55 on ‘Transnational Religion, Conflict and Dialogue’, convened by Jeff Haynes and Luca Ozzano) Wednesday 23 – Saturday 26 September 2015, Giardini Naxos, Sicily, Italy, http://www.paneuropeanconference.org/2015/ Convenor: Guy Ben-Porat, GbP@som.bgu.ac.il Prospective participants can propose a paper … Cfp: ‘Religion in the Arab-Israeli conflict’, 2015 EISA Conference

New Book: Islam, Democracy, and Cosmopolitanism

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Islam, Democracy, and Cosmopolitanism: At Home and in the World Ali Mirsepassi Tadd Graham Fernée Cambridge University Press May 2014 http://www.cambridge.org/tr/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/middle-east-government-politics-and-policy/islam-democracy-and-cosmopolitanism-home-and-world?format=HB This book presents a critical study of citizenship, state and globalization in societies that have been historically influenced by Islamic traditions and institutions. Interrogating the work of contemporary theorists of Islamic modernity such as … New Book: Islam, Democracy, and Cosmopolitanism

Cfp: Global Halal

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Global Halal An International Conference on Muslims and the Cultural Politics of the Permissible February 19-21, 2015 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Global Halal is an international conference organized by the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University in partnership with the UK-based Muslim, Trust and Cultural Dialogue Program. The conference topic addresses a … Cfp: Global Halal

New Book: The Awakening of Muslim Democracy

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The Awakening of Muslim Democracy Religion, Modernity, and the State Jocelyne Cesari Cambridge University Press, April 2014 http://www.cambridge.org/hn/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/middle-east-government-politics-and-policy/awakening-muslim-democracy-religion-modernity-and-state Why and how did Islam become such a political force in so many Muslim-majority countries? In this book, Jocelyne Cesari investigates the relationship between modernization, politics, and Islam in Muslim-majority countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Tunisia, … New Book: The Awakening of Muslim Democracy