Jacques Waardenburg, Dr. Dr. h.c.

Project

Islamic Studies and Religious Studies: Interaction Between Religions

The purpose of my stay at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin is to put the finishing touches on a book on Islamic Studies and the scholarly study of religions. For a long time the relations between these two fields have been somewhat distant. More interaction between them will be profitable both for our understanding of Islam and for the study of religions and religion in general.<br>
I am now reworking some papers that I wrote earlier on the subject. A few of them have been published, but they have to be revised. On arrival in Berlin the texts themselves should be practically ready. My work at the Wissenschaftskolleg will then be threefold: making final corrections to the texts, making additions to the footnotes and adding to the bibliographical data.<br>
The book will have three parts: 1. Elements of the recent history and contexts of Islamic studies; 2. Some recent developments and contexts of the study of religions; 3. Interaction between the two fields, especially in research on present-day interpretations of Islam and religion in general. My interest focuses on problems of meaning in contemporary contexts.<br><br>
Recommended Reading<br>
Waardenburg, Jacques, ed. Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions. A Historical Survey. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.<br>
-. Islam. Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2002.<br>
-. Muslims and Others. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2003.

Publications from the Fellows' Library

Waardenburg, Jacques (Berlin [u.a.], 2007)

Muslims as actors : Islamic meanings and Muslim interpretations in the perspective of the study of religions Religion and reason ; 46

Waardenburg, Jacques (2004)

Reflections on the West

Waardenburg, Jacques (Berlin [u.a.], 2002)

Islam : historical, social, and political perspectives Religion and reason ; 40

Waardenburg, Jacques (Den Haag, 2001)

Institutionele vormgevingen van de islam in Nederland gezien in Europees perspectief Werkdocumenten ; W 118

Waardenburg, Jacques (2000)

Muslims and Christians : changing identities

Waardenburg, Jacques (2000)

Selected bibliography : (an introduction to literature on different aspects on present-day Muslim-Christian relations, mutual perceptions, cooperation and dialogue)

Waardenburg, Jacques (Leuven, 2000)

Muslim-Christian perceptions of dialogue today : experiences and expectations

Waardenburg, Jacques (New York, 1999)

Muslim perceptions of other religions : a historical survey

Waardenburg, Jacques (New York, 1999)

Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion : aims, methods, and theories of research; introduction and anthology

Waardenburg, Jacques (1999)

King Abd al-Aziz and the rise of Saudi Arabia : a Dutch consul's view