New Books on Religion Podcast

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A colleague is involved in this wonderful project. It’s a real pleasure to see so many of my friends coming out with books now. Please take a listen to podcasts.

I would like to draw your attention to the website New Books in Religion (http://newbooksinreligion.com/). This is a regular interview podcast with authors of new books exploring religion and religious studeis. Being an Islamicist, I find the study of Islam both essential and illuminating for the study of religion more generally. Many of the books that will be discussed on New Books in Religion revolve around Islamic studies. Additionally, there is a more focused channel called New Books in Islamic Studies (http://newbooksinislamicstudies.com/) that will also begin to have regular interviews.
The first of these interviews is with Carool Kersten about his wonderful new book “Cosmopolitans and Heretics: New Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of Islam.”
You may view the latest post at
http://newbooksnetwork.com/religion/2011/09/14/carool-kersten-%e2%80%9ccosmopolitans-and-heretics-new-muslim-intellectuals-and-the-study-of-islam%e2%80%9d-columbia-university-press-2011/

Future interviews that will be posted in the coming weeks include

  • Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, A History of Islam in America From the New World to the New World Order
  • Abdulkader Tayob, Religion in Modern Islamic Discourse
  • Laury Silvers, A Soaring Minaret: Abu Bakr al-Wasiti and the Rise of Baghdadi Sufism
  • Parna Sengupta, Pedagogy for Religion Missionary Education and the Fashioning of Hindus and Muslims in Bengal
  • Robert Shedinger, Was Jesus a Muslim?: Questioning Categories in the Study of Religion
  • Whitney S. Bodman, The Poetics of Iblis: Narrative Theology in the Qur’an

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Hope that you enjoy these interviews! Many thanks!


Kristian
Kristian Petersen
Visiting Instructor – Department of Religion
Gustavus Adolphus College
twitter.com/BabaKristian
homepages.gac.edu/~kpeter15
newbooksinreligion.com

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