Videos by Adis Duderija
In this video I explain the theoretical components of a progressive Muslim worldview based on my ... more In this video I explain the theoretical components of a progressive Muslim worldview based on my Imperatives of Progressive Islam (Routlege,2017) book with some additional ideas regarding why it is important to be a progressive Muslim in today's world. 396 views
This is a keynote lecture delivered at the webinar organised by Islamic Theology Department Univ... more This is a keynote lecture delivered at the webinar organised by Islamic Theology Department University of Muenster and Center for Open and Relational Theology ,Dec 7-8 2022. 27 views
Books by Adis Duderija
RACCOLTA DI SCRITTI SULL'ISLAM CRITICO E PROGRESSISTA, 2024
Basandosi su due decenni di ricerca accademica ed esperienza nella teorizzazione dell'islam progr... more Basandosi su due decenni di ricerca accademica ed esperienza nella teorizzazione dell'islam progressista, il Dr. Duderija esplora i suoi vari aspetti, incluse le sue implicazioni definitorie, filosofiche, metafisiche, socio-politiche, culturali/civiltà ed economiche. Scritti in modo accessibile, questi saggi offrono una panoramica completa di ciò che costituisce l'Islam progressista come esposizione sistematica della tradizione islamica normativa e di come la visione del mondo che sottende l'Islam progressista possa essere utilizzata come forza per il bene nel mondo, soprattutto, ma non solo, nel contesto della maggioranza musulmana.
Essais sur l’islam critique et progressiste, 2024
Essais sur l'islam critique et progressiste Tirant parti de deux décennies de recherche universit... more Essais sur l'islam critique et progressiste Tirant parti de deux décennies de recherche universitaire et d'expertise dans la théorisation de l'islam progressiste, le Dr. Duderija explore ses divers aspects, y compris ses implications définitionnelles, philosophiques, métaphysiques, sociopolitiques, culturelles/civilisationnelles et économiques. Rédigés dans un style accessible, ces essais offrent un aperçu complet de ce qui constitue l'islam progressiste en tant qu'exposition systématique de la tradition islamique normative et de la façon dont la vision du monde qui soustend l'islam progressiste peut être utilisée comme une force pour le bien dans le monde, surtout mais pas seulement dans le contexte à majorité musulmane.
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Basándose en dos décadas de investigación académica y experiencia en la teorización del Islam pro... more Basándose en dos décadas de investigación académica y experiencia en la teorización del Islam progresista, el Dr. Duderija explora sus diversos aspectos, incluidos sus implicaciones definicionales, filosóficas, metafísicas, sociopolíticas, culturales/civilizacionales y económicas.
Drawing upon two decades of academic research and expertise in theorising of progressive Islam ,D... more Drawing upon two decades of academic research and expertise in theorising of progressive Islam ,Dr. Duderija explores its various aspects including its definitional, philosophical, metaphysical , socio-political ,cultural /civilisational and economic implications. Written in an accessible manner these essays offer a comprehensive overview of what constitutes progressive Islam as a systematic exposition of the normative Islamic tradition and how the worldview underpinning progressive Islam can be used as a force for good in the world, especially but not only in the Muslim majority context.
Edited by Ayang Utriza Yakin, Adis Duderija & An Van Raemdonck "Shame, Modesty and Honor in Islam... more Edited by Ayang Utriza Yakin, Adis Duderija & An Van Raemdonck "Shame, Modesty and Honor in Islam provides important clarifications and correctives regarding three concepts that are often seriously misunderstood when considered in Islamic contexts. This volume offers a range of perspectives, paying attention to the historical development and contemporary interpretations of shame, modesty and honor. The illustrative case studies cover majority Muslim countries as well as the challenges faced by Muslim living in minority situations." Carool Kersten, Research Professor Islamic Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium "This valuable volume focuses on the world of Islam and considers concepts of shame, modesty, and honor with a rigor long absent in cultural studies. The book focuses particularly on specific local conceptualizations. What are the best equivalents in Islamicate languages? To whom do the terms apply? How important is Islamic religion to the application of these terms? These and other enlightening questions are asked of concepts assumed to be central to Islamic and Islamicate culture.
Given the intense political scrutiny of Islam and Muslims, which often centres ongendered concern... more Given the intense political scrutiny of Islam and Muslims, which often centres ongendered concerns, Islam and Gender: Major Issues and Debates is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the key topics, problems and debates in this engagingsubject. Split into three parts, this book places the discussion in its historical context,provides up-to-date case studies and delves into contemporary debate on the subject.This book includes discussion of the following important topics:
Marriage and divorce
Interpretations of the Qur’an and Sunna
Male and female sexuality and sexual diversity
Classical Islamic thought on masculinity and femininity
Gender and hadith
Polygamy and inheritance
Adultery and sexual violence
Veiling, female circumcision and crimes of honour
Lived religiosities
Gender justice in Islam.
Islam and Gender is essential reading for students in religious studies, Islamic studiesand gender studies, as well as those in related fields, such as cultural studies, politics,area studies, sociology, anthropology and history.
The Wiley-Blackwell Concise Companion to the Hadith, edited by Daniel W. Brown. Chichester: Wiley... more The Wiley-Blackwell Concise Companion to the Hadith, edited by Daniel W. Brown. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.
This book analyzes the development of Islam and Muslim communities in the West, including influen... more This book analyzes the development of Islam and Muslim communities in the West, including influences from abroad, relations with the state and society, and internal community dynamics. The project examines the emergence of Islam in the West in relation to the place of Muslim communities as part of the social fabric of Western societies. It provides an overview of the major issues and debates that have arisen over the last three to four decades surrounding the presence of new Muslim communities residing in Western liberal democracies. As such, the volume is an ideal text for courses focusing on Islam and Muslim communities in the West.
In this comprehensive study, Adis Duderija examines how Neo Traditional Salafi thought (NTS) and ... more In this comprehensive study, Adis Duderija examines how Neo Traditional Salafi thought (NTS) and progressive Muslims interpret the normative concepts of 'Believer' and 'Muslim Woman' in contemporary Islam
reviews of my books by Adis Duderija
Islam and Gender: Major Issues and Debates draws attention to the debates on gender in Islam, emp... more Islam and Gender: Major Issues and Debates draws attention to the debates on gender in Islam, emphasizing on lived experiences of Muslim women and men. It focuses on the evolving cultural interplay between women studies, critical feminist theories, and normative religious study (p. 2) and discusses the epistemological advancement of the first three waves of feminism and evolving applications of the woman and gender problems in the disciplinary study of religion and theology. Adis Duderija, Alina Alak, and Kristin Hissong explain various theories behind the traditional construction of masculine and feminine dichotomy and trace Muslim women's ontological and epistemological advancement from diverse nationalities. Finally, they contextualize the debates and discourses initiated by Islamic feminists Fatima Mernissi, Rifat Hassan, Amina Wadud, Asma Barlas, and others. The book traces the evolution of gender in Islam and examines the tensions between the modern and Islamic understanding of gender. The book traverses two major themes. First, it examines a traditional gender discourse in the Islamic jurisprudence, and how they have been interpreted through the Quran and Hadith. It scrutinizes the concept of "topos," known as assumption theory, as the basis of the gender hierarchical and patriarchal nature of the religion. The book has a broad discussion on the nature of the premodern Islamic tradition on gender issues, noting its subscription to the "gender oppositionality" theory that operates behind the tradition of patriarchal construction (p. 25). It explores the logic and the dynamics behind the conceptual patriarchal honor and female modesty law concerning the practice of veiling, seclusion, gender segregation, honor-based violence, and female genital mutation. The main argument provided in the book is whether or not these practices are "Islamic"; all these practices are rooted in the same operative logic, termed as "the logic of patriarchal honor," to control and regulate the female sexuality to uphold patriarchal honor (p. 44). The book argues the importance of the interpretative and hermeneutical approach to the Quran and Sunna in forming gender norms and rules in Islam. It includes a short history of the evolution of Quranic exegesis in Islamic thought and also presents the interpretative methods applied to the Quran in classical Islam that facilitated the construction of a hierarchical gender relation (p. 59).
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Marriage and divorce
Interpretations of the Qur’an and Sunna
Male and female sexuality and sexual diversity
Classical Islamic thought on masculinity and femininity
Gender and hadith
Polygamy and inheritance
Adultery and sexual violence
Veiling, female circumcision and crimes of honour
Lived religiosities
Gender justice in Islam.
Islam and Gender is essential reading for students in religious studies, Islamic studiesand gender studies, as well as those in related fields, such as cultural studies, politics,area studies, sociology, anthropology and history.
reviews of my books by Adis Duderija
https://dradisduderija.com/product/essais-sur-lislam-critique-et-progressiste/
Marriage and divorce
Interpretations of the Qur’an and Sunna
Male and female sexuality and sexual diversity
Classical Islamic thought on masculinity and femininity
Gender and hadith
Polygamy and inheritance
Adultery and sexual violence
Veiling, female circumcision and crimes of honour
Lived religiosities
Gender justice in Islam.
Islam and Gender is essential reading for students in religious studies, Islamic studiesand gender studies, as well as those in related fields, such as cultural studies, politics,area studies, sociology, anthropology and history.
of Islam have been promoted in Southeast Asia, notably Islam Nusantara (IN)
in Indonesia and Islam Hadhari in Malaysia. In Indonesia, Nahdlatul Ulama
(NU), a prominent Indonesian Islamic organisation, currently allied with the
ruling government, champions the IN concept. However, IN is conceptualised
and viewed in many ways, both positively and negatively. This article seeks
to provide a broad context for discussions concerning IN in post-Reformasi
Indonesia. It will identify and discuss significant factors and developments,
both historical and factual, internal and external, that have impacted Islam
in Indonesia and are relevant to these issues in order to understand why Islam
Nusantara is addressed and conceptualised in such distinctive ways
conceptualizing divine action in a scientifically informed worldview.
I discuss how the concept of sunna is conceptualized in progressive Muslim thought. In the introduction, I offer an overview of the main theoreticians of progressive Muslim thought and its major delineating features. In the same section, I also identify five general approaches to the concept of sunna in contemporary Islamic discourses. In the second part of the paper, I outline a snapshot discussion of the various meanings and understandings of the concept of sunna in formative Islamic thought. This is followed by an explanation of how the concept of sunna is approached in progressive Islam. In this respect I explain how progressive Muslim thought builds upon the main ideas presented in previous two sections when theorising its concept of sunna with special reference to : i.)the continuities between approaches to sunna during the formative period of Islamic thought and that of progressive Islam and ii.) the hermeneutical recognition of essentially ‘urfi nature of the ethico-religious and legal injunctions found in the Qur’an and hadith that have been viewed as normative in classical Islamic law/legal theory and ethics. Finally, I explain some of the ethico-religious and legal implications this concept of sunna in progressive Islam would have in relation to the construction of normative Islamic discourses and in the ethical lives of Muslims worldwide
highly contested and continuously appropriated approaches to Islamic epistemology and hermeneutics characterized by heavy textualism in at least two variant forms - madhhab and ahl-al-hadith based;
an outlook/worldview that emerged among the post-righteous generations of Muslims (as-salaf as-salih/salafi, from which the concept of Salafism is derived) which tried to make sense of the various theological, political, moral and social schisms that occurred in immediate post-prophetic period, culminating in a particular soteriology whose linchpin was the joint concept of the sacred past and the retrogressive nature of time and history;
the theological cum epistemological doctrine of 'adalat al sahaba (collective probity of Prophet's Companions) which serves as a defence of Sunni theology and/or response to the competing theological paradigm embodied by Imamate (Shi'i) theology.
I argue that such a conceptualisation of Salafism is imperative if we are to understand and counter the religious narrative promoted by the scholars associated with the Islamic State, including their employment of Salafism in justifying religiously sanctioned violence.
1. It will provide an academic discussion on the main themes, ideals and objectives of progressive Islam.
2. It historically contextualises, and places progressives Muslim thought in relation to their modernist Muslim intellectual predecessors from Muslim majority world.
3. It outlines progressive Muslims' approach to conceptualising and engaging with the concept of the Islamic tradition (turath), in the context of the modern condition.
The aim of this article is to critically examine certain custom (ʿurf) based assumptions and theories regarding gender roles and norms that have been incorporated into the Islamic tradition and Islamic law in particular. In the first section of the article I describe the manner in which we should conceptualize the concept of the nature of Islamic tradition. In the second part of the article I refer to the processes and mechanisms through which the concept of ʿurf has entered into the Islamic tradition and Islamic law in particular. In the third section I describe the ʿurf based assumptions regarding the nature of gender roles and norms in (neo)-traditional Muslim thought that are based on what I term ‘gender oppositionality’ thesis. In this context I argue that the gender oppositionality thesis has strongly influenced the manner in which Qurʾān and Sunna, the fountain-heads of the Islamic tradition, have been interpreted with respect to gender issues and on the basis of which patriarchal traditional Islamic law (and ethics) were/ are constructed. In particular, I highlight and problematize the conceptual link between the women as ‘fitna’ and male honor (ʿird) and sexual jealousy (ghairāt) discourses that are strongly present in (neo-) traditional interpretations/conceptualizations of the Islamic tradition. In the last part I explain how traditional Qurʾān-Sunna hermeneutics failed to recognize the hermeneutical importance of ‘comprehensive contextualization’ of the Qurʾān-Sunna on the basis of which we can hermeneutically question the validity of gender-oppositionality embedded interpretations of the Qurʾān and Sunna present in (neo-) traditional discourses which were incorporated into Islamic law through the concept of custom.
When framed in this manner the above outlined hermeneutics of Islamic feminism could ensure the future viability and perhaps even increased acceptance of Islamic feminism, especially among those who might be prejudiced against it on the basis of its employment of the word ‘feminist’.
Marriage and divorce
Interpretations of the Qur’an and Sunna
Male and female sexuality and sexual diversity
Classical Islamic thought on masculinity and femininity
Gender and hadith
Polygamy and inheritance
Adultery and sexual violence
Veiling, female circumcision and crimes of honour
Lived religiosities
Gender justice in Islam.
Islam and Gender is essential reading for students in religious studies, Islamic studies and gender studies, as well as those in related fields, such as cultural studies, politics, area studies, sociology, anthropology and history.