New academic publications about Islam coming online

A number of new academic publications are emerging to discuss Islam. Springer has the Islam in Southeast Asia series, and the Islam and Global Studies series.

The Islam in Southeast Asia series, edited by NM Adiong, I Yusuf, L Zubaidah Rahim, M Mohamad and N Hosen, publishes academic and policy research on historical and contemporary Muslim communities, both in the region and in the diaspora, and on all aspects of Islam in Southeast Asia.

Interdisciplinarity and eclectic contributions from scholars and practitioners are encouraged to facilitate a holistic approach towards the study of Islam.

The series particularly welcomes topics on:

- Islam and politics

- Islam and ethnicity

- Islam and modernity

- MENA influences in Southeast Asia

- Pre-modern and contemporary Islamic thought

- Sunni and Shia relations

- Islamic studies and area studies;

- Canonical and periphery Islam; and

- Relations between Muslims and non-Muslims across the region.

The series will include original monographs, Palgrave Pivots*, edited volumes/ collections, and handbooks.

The Islam and Global Studies series provides a platform for academic exchanges based on multidisciplinary sociopolitical theory that studies the human condition and human interaction from a global perspective. It publishes monographs and edited volumes that are multidisciplinary and theoretically-grounded and that address, in particular, non-state actors, Islamic polity, social and international justice, democracy, geopolitics and global diplomacy.

Cross-national, cross-cultural, minority and identity studies compose the building block of this series. Edited by Deina Abdelkader, Adiong, and Raffaele Mauriello, studies in this series:

 
- Provide comprehensive insights of the intellectual developments that have defined Islam and Muslim societies both in history and in the contemporary world;

- Delineate connections of pre-colonial Muslim experiences to their responses, adaptations and transformations toward modernity;

- Evaluate old paradigms and emerging trends that affect Muslims’ experiences in terms of political state system, democracy, secularisation, gender, radicalism, media portrayals, etc.;

- Show empirical cases of intra-Muslim and Muslim–non-Muslim relations.

Islam and International Relations is another new series. A partnership between Co-IRIS and Gerlach Press, the series editors are Adiong, Mauriello, and Abdelkader.

The series addresses the role of Islam in the study and practice of the ‘international’, in terms of both conventional relations among modern states and a broader view on interactions among humans and their societies that go beyond their locality. It aims to provide a platform for advancing research on Islam and the ‘international’ with the aim to develop and sustain a body of knowledge that addresses the theories and practices of the Islamic civilisation and of Muslim societies as regards international affairs, and hence enriches and diversifies the disciplines of international relations and geopolitics with contributions from Islamic history and thought.
 

Book proposals are welcomed in areas such as:

• Islamic theories of international relations
• Islam in international relations theories
• Islamic studies and international studies
• Islamic studies and area studies
• Islamic approaches to world politics
• Islam and foreign policy
• Islam and diplomacy
• Islam and geopolitics
• Islam and security studies
• Islam and post-colonial international relations
• Islam and global development studies
• Islam and international law
• Islam and international political economy
• Islam and international political sociology
• Islam and human rights
• Islam and international organisations

Source: Brill website. IJIA cover.

Co-IRIS and the three editors are also involved in The International Journal of Islam in Asia (IJIA) published by Brill. This is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles from all disciplines as well as single-country and comparative perspectives that concern Islam in Asia. 

 

IJIA offers a platform for scholars to engage in academic discussions about historical, contemporary, and critical studies of Islam and Muslim communities in Asia and the Asian Muslim diaspora. These include, but are not limited to, MENA-Asia relations, Islamic thought and intellectual history, intra-Muslim relations, Sufism, Islam and ethnicity, Islam and modernity, Islam and politics, Islam and the State, Islam and geopolitics, and relations between Muslims and non-Muslims across Asia.
The first issue will be published in Spring 2020.

Details:

Email book proposals for Islam in Southeast Asia to Vishal Daryanomel 

Email book proposals for Islam and International Relations to info@coiris.org and include copies to Abdelkader, Adiong and Mauriello. Read proposal guidelines 
 

Send proposals for submissions to IJIA to editors-in-chief Adiong, Abdelkader and Mauriello. Proposals for special theme issues are also welcome.

The original Palgrave Pivot from publisher Palgrave enables authors to publish at lengths of between 25,000 and 50,000 words - longer than a journal article, but shorter than a monograph.

Brill launches three journals on religious studies

Brill launched three new titles on religious studies in its suite of review journals, Brill Research Perspectives, in September. The first issues are planned for 2019 and will be available online and in print.

Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Education, edited by Stephen G. Parker, focuses on a dynamic and increasingly important area of work, intersecting the fields of theology and religious studies, and drawing upon the foundation disciplines and methodologies of philosophy, sociology, psychology and history of education. It is particularly focused upon religious education as variously conceived in different domestic, religious, educational, social and national contexts.

Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Politics, edited by Jocelyne Cesari, is focused on research that addresses contemporary debates on religion and politics in a particular national or regional context or in a comparative way across religions or political contexts.

Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Psychology, edited by Ralph W. Hood, Jr, presents extended articles on theory and the integration of empirical data that bridge the gap between humanities studies and those of psychological science. It provides up-to-date information on the diversity of approaches and methods that psychologists are applying to illuminate the wide range of phenomena that either define or are associated with religion in individual cultures and globally.

Brill Research Perspectives provides researchers with the opportunity to give an account of the most recent scholarship and to define and direct the agenda for future research. They combine the verification of peer review, the high usage of reference works, and the pedagogy of textbooks. Designed for research communities in the humanities, international law, and social sciences, these journals distil the literature in a specific field into a more digestible format while linking to the primary sources.

Details:

For more information contact Laura Morris, Acquisitions Editor at Brill, at morris at brill.com.

First issue of Journal of the Institute for Islamic Research can be ordered on Amazon Prime

Source: Yaqeen Institute. The Journal of the Institute for
Islamic Research is now available for order on Amazon
Prime.

Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research has announced that the first-ever Journal of the Institute for Islamic Research is now available on Amazon Prime. The academic-grade publication offers peer-reviewed research articles that deal with the contemporary issues of Islam today.

The publishers aim to:

• Provide a physical, accessible resource for the general public
• Create an opportunity for researchers and academics to connect with Muslims of all occupations and backgrounds
• Tackle the most controversial questions posed to Muslims with evidence
• Maintain academic integrity and relevancy in educating the public, and
• Inspire readers to contribute positively to society.

The Journal of the Institute for Islamic Research is a part of the initiative by Yaqeen Institute to reclaim the narrative on Islam and to make high-quality, academic-grade, peer-reviewed research publications and articles the source of authentic information about Islam and the issues Muslims face today.

Details:

The inaugural issue of this journal includes the following articles:
Stoning and Handcutting—Understanding the Hudud and the Shari’ah in Islam by Dr Jonathan Brown
The Myth of an Antisemitic Genocide in Muslim Scripture by Dr Nazir Khan
Playing the Taqiyya Card: Evading Intelligent Debate by Calling all Muslims Liars by Sheikh Omar Suleiman
Islam is not the Cause of Honor Killings. It’s part of the Solution by Dr Brown
Modern Pathways to Doubt in Islam by Youssef Chouhoud
Clinicians, Imams, and the Whisperings of Satan by Najwa Awad
How the Prophet (s) Rose above Enmity and Insult by Sheikh Mohammad Elshinawy and Sheikh Omar
The Structure of Scientific Productivity in Islamic Civilization: Orientalists’ Fables by Asadullah Ali
Islam and the Secular Age: Between Certainty and Uncertainty by Khalil Abdurrashid
Overcoming Pessimism with Faith by Roohi Tahir

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