Hodgson's scholarship, particularly through his posthumously published three-volume work The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization, introduced new interpretive frameworks to understand Islam's global and cultural complexity. He critiqued Eurocentrism and coined the term "Islamicate" to distinguish cultural phenomena associated with Muslim societies from those that are strictly religious.

Biography

Early life and education

Born in Richmond, Indiana,

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