Description: Studies the role of preaching and emotions in medieval Islamic political thought.
Brief description: Han Hsien Liew is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. In addition to the history of Islamic political thought, his research interests include Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic theology, Islam in Southeast Asia and the history of emotions. His work has been published in Al-Qanṭara: Revista de Estudios Árabes, Journal of Islamic Studies, Journal of the American Oriental Society and Arabica. He was recently awarded a Herodotus Fund Membership from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Review Quotes: Han Hsien Liew's work stakes out new ground for the study of politics in Islam. Tabling the modernist focus on power for the intricate role of preaching--emotionally rich and morally challenging--in setting norms of rulership in Islam, it is a clarion call to take pietistic ideals seriously amidst Islam's hierarchies.--Paul Heck, Georgetown University