Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Indonesia

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-720001-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Qur'anic Studies Series

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country, but much of its scholarly work on Islam is not available to a wider readership. This volume brings together a wide range of Muslim intellectuals, from traditionalists to modernists, and makes their varied approaches to the Qur'an accessible to an English-speaking audience for the first time.

This compilation for an English-speaking readership of writing by Muslim intellectuals demonstrates the variety of ways in which the Qur'an is studied in contemporary Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country. The thirteen essays come from estab

1. Introduction: the Qur'an, interpretation and the Indonesian context; 2. Qur'anic exegesis in the Malay world with particular reference to Indonesia; 3. The methodology of Itafsir and access to the Qur'an; 4. Il-Ta'wil al-'ilmi: towards a transformation

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saeed, Abdullah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Leben & Brauch, Soziale Aspekte