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This volume brings together a variety of scholars both inside and outside of Islamic Studies in order to grapple with such questions as: what, if anything, is unique about Islamic Studies? How should Islamic studies as religious studies engage with postcolonial critique? What is the role of identity politics in such endeavors?

A collection of previously published essays by Russell T. McCutcheon highlighting different identifying claims within the work of a number of leading scholars of religion is combined with new, substantive introductions, authored by other scholars, discussing the strategies of identification employed by the scholars whom McCutcheon analyzes.

A collection of previously published essays by Russell T. McCutcheon highlighting different identifying claims within the work of a number of leading scholars of religion is combined with new, substantive introductions, authored by other scholars, discussing the strategies of identification employed by the scholars whom McCutcheon analyzes.

This volume brings together a variety of scholars both inside and outside of Islamic Studies in order to grapple with such questions as: what, if anything, is unique about Islamic Studies? How should Islamic studies as religious studies engage with postcolonial critique? What is the role of identity politics in such endeavors?

Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity is a multi-authored work that tackles the problem of how to examine the historicity of identity.

Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity is a multi-authored work that tackles the problem of how to examine the historicity of identity.