Reading the Qur'an : the contemporary relevance of the sacred text of Islam / Ziauddin Sardar.

In Reading the Qur'an, Sardar--one of Europe's leading public intellectuals -- laments that for far too many Muslims, the Qur'an he had learned in his mother's lap has become a stick used for ensuring conformity and suppressing dissenting views. Indeed, some find in the Qur'...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Sardar, Ziauddin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Overview
  • pt. 2. By way of tradition
  • pt. 3. Themes and concepts
  • pt. 4. Contemporary topics.