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Author Gunasti, Susan, 1977- author.

Title The Qur'an between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic : an exegetical tradition / Susan Gunasti
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge studies in the Qur'an
Contents Introduction -- 1. A religious scholar's life in a tumultuous period -- 2. Qur'an commentary in the nineteenth century -- 3. Commissioning a Qur'an commentary suitable for the modern period -- 4. The philosophical context of Elmalili's religious understanding -- 5. Hak dîni and its contemporary concerns -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
Summary The Qur'an between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic is one of the few book-length studies on an Ottoman Qur'an commentary. Its premise is that "the Ottoman Empire" did not come to an end until 1950 so far as Islam was concerned in Turkey. The work explores the relationship between Elmall's Qur'an commentary and the intellectual trends of the period, including the impact of materialism, the sciences, notions of civilizational progress, and philosophy. In doing so, this study emphasizes the "local" aspect of the Qur'an commentary, through a sustained focus on the Istanbul context in which it was written. This work demonstrates that Elmall's Qur'an commentary is a product of and reaction to the religious, intellectual, political, and social trends of the period. This work, in considering all the factors that led to the commissioning of Elmall's Qur'an commentary, also contributes to our understanding of the history of Islam in early to mid-twentieth-century Turkey. This intellectual history of modern Islamic thought contributes to our understanding of the genre of Qur'an commentary in the early twentieth century. It is a key text for students and scholars interested in Islam in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, modern Islamic thought, and the Middle East
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (06/10/2020)
Subject Yazır, Muhammed Hamdi
SUBJECT Yazır, Muhammed Hamdi fast
Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Turkey -- History
Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072961
Qurʼan fast
Subject RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
RELIGION -- Islam -- Koran & Sacred Writings.
Turkey
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018051379
ISBN 9780429442759
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