Wiley Blackwell Companion to Muslim Liberation Theologies

The definitive reference for Muslim liberation theologies across global contexts

Scholarship on Islamic thought has long centered abstract systems over lived Muslim agency. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Muslim Liberation Theologies shifts this paradigm by introducing Muslim Liberation Theology as a distinct analytic and a theological field of exploration. With over thirty original chapters from scholars representing Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, this volume maps liberative praxis across Sunni and Shi'i perspectives, minority and majority contexts.

The Companion examines theological ethics, resistance, liberatory practices, and sustainable change through conceptual essays and detailed case studies. Coverage spans prisons, grassroots movements, intellectual debates, historical and present case studies, and institutional contexts while engaging pressing issues including the War on Terror's aftermath, authoritarian rollback following the Arab Spring, Islamophobia, Gaza and Palestine, neo-colonial resurgence, racial capitalism, gendered oppression, and more.

Readers will also find:

• Systematic treatment of trusteeship (amāna) as the theological foundation for Muslim human agency and social justice activism across diverse communities
• Interdisciplinary frameworks connecting systematic theology, religious ethics, sociology of religion, political theory, and decolonial studies for cross-listed coursework
• Case studies examining Muslim civil rights movements, prison chaplaincy, faith-based NGO work, and grassroots organizing in multiple geographic regions
• Critical analysis of contemporary challenges including Islamophobia, securitization, brutalization, and authoritarian repression affecting Muslim communities worldwide
• Clear organizational structure with thematic sections designed for reference use in advanced undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral-level Islamic studies courses

Designed for scholars and graduate students in Islamic studies, modern Muslim thought, religious studies, political theology, ethics, practical philosophy, and decolonial studies, this Companion also serves practitioners including faith-based NGO staff, chaplains, and policy advisers. It provides the systematic reference these audiences need to engage Muslim liberation theologies rigorously.

Emin Poljarević is an Associate Professor in Islamic Theology and Philosophy, and a Sociologist of Religion at Uppsala University. He brings an Interdisciplinary approach that pairs normative theological analysis with empirical research on social movements. He is co-author of Social Movements and Civil War: When Protests for Democratization Fail and has published widely on Islamophobia, citizenship, and political theology. His work foregrounds Muslim civil rights activism, especially Malcolm X, and contemporary Muslim liberation theology.

Ivan Ejub Kostić is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade. He has authored and edited several books on contemporary Islamic thought and Islamic movements, and has conducted extensive field research on Muslim communities across Europe. His research focuses on the position and presence of Muslims in Europe and the Balkans, engages decolonial and liberationist strands of Islamic and critical thought, and explores the affirmation of Muslim political subjectivity.