Several texts prompted the forum on the religion of the old women of Nishapur. To give readers the ability to…
Al-Juwayni, al-Ghazali, and Talal Asad on the religion of the old women of Nishapur
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The religion of the old women of Nishapur
As a hadith or as a trope, the expression “the religion of the old women” (dīn al-ʿajāʾiz) appears in many…
Unveiling decisions and narratives in post-9/11 America
“It was never an option for me to take off my hijab and run, and that should never be something…
The environmentalist’s dilemma
Many of us who set out to study the environmentalism of religious people in real, lived contexts have struggled with…
Scales of justice for environmental ethics: A reply to Hennessy and Hoesterey
Muslim Environmentalisms claims that the environment is an ethical idea. It is about environmental ethics; it is not a book…
Provincializing the environmental humanities: An Islamic view
Every now and then a book comes along, at times from an oblique vantage point or marginalized point of reference,…
Ethical response and the environmental humanities
Gade approaches the question of justice as a scholar of the history of religions and environmental studies. A study of…
The pandemic and new Muslim publics
Where Singapore’s Malay-Muslim community has traditionally conceptualized notions of togetherness through the public commemoration of personal events, the hasty digitalization…
Sonic controversy: “Hinduistic music” in Pakistan
I argue that shifting assumptions about “authentic Islam” have catalyzed the scandalization of mystical music in Pakistan. The emergence of…
Practices of relation: Baer and Imhoff
Marc David Baer and Sarah Imhoff discuss each other’s works and the ways they intersect.