Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur'an

Name: Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur'an
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ISBN: 9780197200032

ISBN-10: 0197200036

ISBN-13: 9780197200032

Edition: 2006

Authors: Suha Taji-Farouki

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This volume examines Muslim intellectuals from the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, the USA, and Europe who employ contemporary critical methods to interpret the Qur'an, arriving at conclusions that challenge those of the past. It offers a framework for understanding their work and responses to this among Muslim and Non-Muslim audiences, and illustrates the diverse struggles in which they recruit the Qur'an, read through the lens of their modernist or post-modernist positions. Pointing to the emergence of a new trend in Muslim interpretation characterised by direct engagement with the word of God and the embrace of intellectual modernity in the context of an increasingly…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/13/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.46" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Suha Taji-Farouki is Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Durham.



Notes on Contributors



Introduction




Fazlur Rahman: a framework for interpreting the ethico-legal content of the Qur'an




Nurcholish Madjid and the interpretation of the Qur'an: religious pluralism and tolerance




Amina Wadud's hermeneutics of the Qur'an: women rereading sacred texts




Mohammed Arkoun: towards a radical rethinking of Islamic thought




From revelation to interpretation: Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd and the literary study of the Qur'an




Post-revolutionary Islamic modernity in Iran: the intersubjective hermeneutics of Mohamad Mojtahed Shabestari




Mohamed Talbi on understanding the Qur'an




Huseyin Atay's approach to understanding the Qur'an




'The form is permanent, but the content moves': the Qur'anic text and its interpretation(s) in Mohamad Shahrour's al-Kitab wal-Qur'an




Modern intellectuals, Islam, and the Qur'an: the example of Sadiq Nayhum



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