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1 online resource (209 pages)
ISBN:
9781317974154
Inhalt:
Reading the Qurâan in the Twenty-First Century considers the development of Qurâanic 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 Qurâan, 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 Qurâan today. covers issues such as identifying the hierarchical nature of Qurâanic values, the criteria for the use of hadith in interpretation, fluidity of meaning and ways of ensuring a degree of stability in interpretation. examines key Qur'anic passages and compares pre-modern and modern interpretations to show the evolving nature of interpretation. Examples discussed include: the authority of men over women, the death of Jesus, shura and democracy, and riba and interest. Abdullah Saeed provides a practical guide for interpretation and presents the principal ideas of a contextualist approach, which situates the original message of the Qurâan in its wider social, political, cultural, economic and intellectual context. He advocates a more flexible method of interpretation that gives due recognition to earlier interpretations of the Qurâan while also being aware of changing conditions and the need to approach the Qurâan afresh today.
Inhalt:
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 -- 6 Hierarchical nature of Qur'anic values -- 7 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.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415677493
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415677493
Sprache:
Englisch
Mehr zum Autor:
Saeed, Abdullah 1960-
