Book Discussion : On S. Hanafi’s « Studying Islam in the Arab World », AUB (Hybdrid), 18/04, 16h-18h
Asfari Institute For Civil Society and Citizenship
You are cordially invited to the upcoming hybrid book discussion: « Studying Islam in the Arab World: The Rupture Between Religion and the Social Sciences » that will be held at the Asfari Institute Conference Hall 113, American University of Beirut (one of IFI’s International Partner), and online on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 4 PM.
If you are unable to join us in person, here is the Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87280843976
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About the book
Based on 250+ interviews with university students and teachers, this study is the sum of 5 years of field research observing the curricula and teaching styles of colleges in the Shariah sciences. The author provides critical insight into these curricula by focusing on case studies in Lebanon Jordan, Morocco, Kuwait Qatar, and Malaysia. In doing so, the book seeks to answer the following questions:
-What is the purpose of religious education?
-Does it aim to create people who specialize solely in religious affairs, or does it aim to form the student according to a comprehensive human framework?
-What is the nature of the relationship between the social sciences and the Shariah sciences?
With Dr. Enass Khansa (Chair of the Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, AUB), moderator, and Dr Sari Hanafi (Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Islamic Studies Program, AUB), Dr. Aziza al-Hibri (Professor Emerita at the University of Richmond School of Law), and Dr. Mohamad Hashas (Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome).
