Islam Archives | Page 2 of 9 | Contending Modernities

The Future of Islamic Authority: New Recipes for Milk Shaykhs

Mahan Mirza
October 11, 2019October 14, 2019

Things are most interesting, however, at edges, intersections, and boundaries. That is where complexity resides, and that is where the kind of enduring authority that will command the middle can best plant its flag.

The Unsettled Morality of Kidney Sales

Series: Science and the Human Person 2019 Series

Elham Mireshghi
May 23, 2019May 29, 2019

Despite the religious sanctions afforded by Islamic jurists, selling kidneys in Iran remains socially stigmatized and morally obscure.

Muslim Jurists’ Contribution to Islamic Bioethics

Series: Science and the Human Person 2019 Series

Mohammed Ghaly
April 22, 2019April 23, 2019

How can Muslim jurists gather the necessary information to approach new medical technologies? Interdisciplinary approaches to bioethical ijtihād may come with their own challenges.

Producing Motherhood? Uterus Transplantation for Infertility

Series: Science and the Human Person 2019 Series

Aasim Padela
April 1, 2019April 3, 2019

Uterus transplant makes visible the ways in which social expectations and ideas about the normative body interact with the ethical ends of medicine.

Harmonizing the Theology of the Past with the Realities of the Present

Series: Madrasa Discourses Summer Intensive 2018

Manzar Imam
February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

The task of answering the questions facing Islamic theology today cannot be met by those who have no attachment to their Islamic roots. It also cannot be accomplished by an individual alone.

Theology and Contingency in a Modern World

Series: Madrasa Discourses Summer Intensive 2018

Talha Rehman
December 17, 2018February 21, 2019

How did medieval mercantile society define and value different bodies? And how did these norms lead to different religious legal rulings?

Madrasa Discourses Equip Tomorrow’s Islamic Scholars with Scientific Literacy

Aysha Khan
December 4, 2018December 4, 2018

The Madrasa Discourses project connects madrasa graduates with the scientific and philosophical questions traditional madrasas often skip.

Layering Patterns of Authority

Dairou Bouba, Tatiana Fouda, Cecelia Lynch and Nadine Machikou
November 27, 2018December 17, 2018

Any discussion of patterns and practices of authority within communities in Cameroon must take into account the relations of authority, intended or unintended, between these communities and outside actors, especially with the state, the humanitarian world of nongovernmental organizations, and with members of our research team.

Beyond ‘Hearsay’ Or: Hearing and Learning to Say ‘Assalamu Alaikum’

Elizabeth Boyle
November 15, 2018November 16, 2018

Growing up in New York City after September 11, 2001, the narratives about Islam that were shared with me my entire life were ones of extremism and terrorism. It became apparent that my perception of Muslims up until this point had all been hearsay.

“Faith-by-Birth”? Community and Religious Identity

Sydney Schlager
October 16, 2018

I am Catholic because my mother lost her driver’s license when I was seventeen.

Articles tagged as "Islam"