Reading the Qur'an in the twenty-first century : a contextualist approach / Abdullah Saeed.
"Reading the Qurʼan in the Twenty-First Century considers the development of Qurʼanic 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 mean...
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| Other title: | Reading the Qur'an in the 21st century |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Summary: | "Reading the Qurʼan in the Twenty-First Century considers the development of Qurʼanic 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 Qurʼan, 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 Qurʼan today. Covers issues such as identifying the hierarchical nature of Qurʼanic 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 Qurʼanic 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 Qurʼan 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 Qurʼan while also being aware of changing conditions and the need to approach the Qurʼan afresh today"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 196 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315870922 1315870924 9781317974147 131797414X 9780415677493 0415677491 9780415677509 0415677505 1306185866 9781306185868 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |