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Date: 11 Jan 2010
From:Dr. John Andrew Morrow" <john.morrow at MINOTSTATEU.EDU>
Subject:Call for Book Chapters: Islamic Imagery

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 
ISLAMIC IMAGERY

Edited by John Andrew Morrow

Islamic Imagery will explore a series of significant symbols found in the 
Qur’an and the Sunnah. Each chapter will address the multifarious 
manifestations of a single image according to Sunni, Shi‘ite and Sufi 
sources. Each image will be analyzed literally and metaphorically from an 
imaginative, eclectic, innovative and interdisciplinary approach, bringing 
together religious and cultural studies. Each image will be examined 
exoterically and esoterically, literally, linguistically, allegorically, 
symbolically, religiously, theologically and philosophically. Primary 
sources shall be entirely Arabic, including the Holy Qur’an, Prophetic 
Traditions or Ahadith, namely the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad and, for 
Shi‘ites, the apothegms of the Twelve Imams, and a broad range of Tafasir 
or commentaries of the Qur’an. Secondary sources will be drawn primarily 
from the works of Annemarie Schimmel, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, William C. 
Chittick, Sachiko Murata, and other leading scholars of Islam from both 
East and West who have grasped the faith in both its outer and inner 
dimensions. Islamic Imagery will provide an inventory and analysis of the 
predominant images in the Qur’an and the Sunnah, demonstrating the 
diversity which exists at the heart of Islamic unity. Islamic Imagery is 
set to be a valuable reference source for both students and scholars alike 
and an essential library addition. The work is currently under contract 
with McFarland, a leading U.S. publisher of scholarly, reference and 
academic books with worldwide distribution.

Islamic Imagery will contain 50, 10-20 page chapters, each devoted to a 
single Islamic image, contributed by leading experts in the field of 
Islamic, Arabic, Persian, and Literary Studies. Scholars may explore the 
following images, among many others: The Image of the Road / The Image of 
the Polytheist / The Image of Power / The Image of the Veil / The Image of 
Light / The Image of Darkness /The Image of the Perfect Human Being / The 
Image of Justice / The Image of Nature / The Image of God / The Image of 
Satan / The Image of Love / The Image of Heaven / The Image of Hell / The 
Image of Islam in Architecture / The Image of Nature / The Image of Sex / 
The Image of Good / 	The Image of Evil / The Image of Women / The Image 
of Men / The Image of Children / The Image of Parents / The Image of the 
Father / The Image of the Mother / The Image of the Other / The Image of 
the Jew / The Image of the Christian / The Image of the Law / The Image of 
Intoxication / The Image of Life / The Image of Death / The Image of 
Truth / The Image of Falsehood / The Image of Mercy / The Image of Wrath / 
The Image of the Prophet / The Image of the Imams / The Image of 
Knowledge / The Image of Mercy / The Image of the Prophets / The Image of 
Sin / The Image of Unity / The Image of the Unseen / The Image of the 
Jinn / The Image of Ignorance / The Image of the Universe / The Image of 
Arabic / The Image of Creation / The Image of Race / The Image of Scholar

CONTRIBUTIONS

Scholars who are interested in contributing one or more chapters to 
Islamic Imagery are invited to submit a one-page abstract, proposal, or 
letter of intent by September 1st, 2010. Scholars will submit their 
chapters by September 1st, 2011 to be subjected to the most stringent peer-
review process. 

CONTACT

Dr. John Andrew Morrow, Associate Professor of Spanish, French and Arabic-
Islamic Studies, Coordinator of the Department of Foreign Languages, Minot 
State University, 500 University Ave. West, Minot, ND, USA, 58707. TEL: 
(701) 858-4265; FAX: (701) 858-3894; EMAIL: drjamorrow3333 at hotmail.com

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