RISE Islamic Studies | Review of Islamic Studies and Endeavors
RISE Islamic Studies | Review of Islamic Studies and Endeavors
The book “An Examination and Critique of Orientalist Studies on the Subject of Moral Virtue and Vice in the Quran,” authored in Persian by Seyyed Mohammad Akbarian, has been published by the Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy in 332 pages. This work offers a critical review of the approaches taken by Orientalist studies in the […]
Abstract The Encyclopedia of the Qurʾān (Leiden) represents one of the most recent contributions to the Western tradition of Islamic Studies. As such, it exhibits many of the typical features that have long characterized this field. Despite the diversity of contributors, the encyclopedia is shaped by overarching methodological frameworks that inform the content and […]
Book: Tārīkh-i Istishrāq va Sayr-i Taḥavvol-i Muṭāliʿāt-i Qurʾānī dar Gharb Author: Dr. Shādī Nafīsī Reviewed by: Morteza Karimi Bibliographic Information: Shādī Nafīsī, Tārīkh-i Istishrāq va Sayr-i Taḥavvol-i Muṭāliʿāt-i Qurʾānī dar Gharb (History of Orientalism and Review of the Evolution of Qurʾānic Studies in the West), 1st ed., 1 vol., Qom: Research Institute of Ḥawzah and […]
Introduction Orientalism is one of the most significant phenomena in the history of scholarly inquiry over the past two centuries. Emerging from Europe, it developed with the aim of studying the languages, cultures, and religions of the East, with Islam in particular becoming one of its primary fields of research. Closely tied to the […]
