| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Reading the Qur'an in the Twenty-first Century; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Part I Background and examples of contextualism: Past and present; 1 Introduction and modern emphases in Qur'anic interpretation; 2 Traditional interpretation, textualism, and the emergence of contextualism; 3 An early form of contextualism: Umar and interpretation; 4 A modern form of contextualism: Women's perspectives in interpretation; Part II Key ideas and principles of contextualist interpretation; 5 Revelation and contextualisation |
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6 Hierarchical nature of Qur'anic values7 Parallel texts from the Qur'an and dealing with hadith; 8 Meaning in a contextualist framework; 9 ""Fundamentals of the religion"" and interpretation; 10 Contextualist interpretation in practice; Part III Different interpretations for different contexts: Four cases; 11 Men's ""authority"" over women and equality; 12 Crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ; 13 Shūra and democracy; 14 Riba and interest; Part IV Concluding remarks; 15 Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Reading the Qur'an in the Twenty-First Century considers the development of Qur'anic interpretation and highlights modern debates around new approaches to interpretation. It explores how Muslims from various theological, legal, socio-political and philosophical backgrounds think about the meaning and relevance of the Qur'an, and how their ideas apply in the contemporary world. The book:reflects on one of the most dominant approaches to interpretation in the pre-modern period, textualism, and the reaction to that in Muslim feminist readings of the Qur'an today |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Qurʼan -- Reading
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Qurʼan as literature.
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Qurʼan as literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317974154 |
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1317974158 |
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