Majid Daneshgar, Research Associate, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Majid Daneshgar, Ph.D. is a Research Associate at the Orientalisches Seminar, University of Freiburg, Germany. He is also an alumnus of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), where he worked on textual censorship in Islamic literature. He is interested in method and theory in the study of religion, critical thinking theories, and Islamic intellectual and exegetical progress, as well as Malay Islamic studies. His publications include Islamic Studies Today (2016), The Qur'an in the Malay Indonesian World (2016), and Tantawi Jawhari and the Qur'an (2017).

"Approaches to the academic study of the Qur?an differ considerably. This is no surprise, but Majid Daneshgar shines light upon some of the most pressing differences observed through his experience in western institutions and those that are in Muslim majority countries." - Charles M. Ramsey, Mission Studies

"Daneshgar, like all authors, no doubt hopes that his book will generate discussion of the issues it raises and have an impact. ... It is a conversation that should be pursued." - Peter G. Riddell, Reading Religion

"Studying the Qur'an in the Muslim Academy offers a timely, vital, and much needed contribution to the field of Islamic studies..." - Mohsen Feyzbakhsh, University of Tehran, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

"Majid Daneshgar's Studying the Qurʾān in the Muslim Academy...is a provocative work, to be sure." - Aaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

"In general, this book delivers an important invitation to rethink Qurʾanic studies, and Islamic studies in a broader sense, in the Muslim world.... I am hopeful that this book sparks this much needed and productive conversation in the future." - Lien Iffah Naf'atu Fina, University of Chicago Divinity School, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

"This provocative study combines the intellectual autobiography of a scholar schooled in Qum, Kuala Lumpur, and Otago with a close look at the culture of Qur'ānic studies in Muslim universities." - Jane McAuliffe, Georgetown University

"In this fascinating study, Daneshgar...deftly navigates the impasse between Western and Muslim scholarship on the Qur'ān." - Aaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester

"This insightful analysis of 'Islamic apologetics,' from a first-hand witness, is an invaluable testimony on the current intellectual debates in the Islamic world, particularly in South-East Asia and Iran." - Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)