Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur'an

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-720003-2
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Reihe: Qur'anic Studies Series

This volume examines Muslim intellectuals from the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, the USA, and Europe who employ contemporary critical methods to interpret the Qur'an, arriving at conclusions that challenge those of the past. It offers a framework for understanding their work and responses to this among Muslim and Non-Muslim audiences, and illustrates the diverse struggles in which they recruit the Qur'an, read through the lens of their modernist or
post-modernist positions. Pointing to the emergence of a new trend in Muslim interpretation characterised by direct engagement with the word of God and the embrace of intellectual modernity in the context of an increasingly globalized world, it presents and analyses for the first time a representative
selection of its voices, methods, and conclusions.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of Islamic studies, religious studies, regional studies, politics and international relations, modern history, cultural studies, development studies, gender studies, literary studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taji-Farouki, Suha

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Suha Taji-Farouki, Lecturer in Modern Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, and Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London

Contributors: Asma Barlas has published as a journalist, poet, and short story writer. Her scholarly work includes papers on the Qur'an and Muslim women's rights. Born in Pakistan, she left in the mid-1980 s for the USA where she received political asylum. Andreas Christmann is Lecturer in Contemporary Islam in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester Ursula Günther is engaged in research at the University of Hamburg on Islam and the transition process in South Africa. Anthony H. Johns is Emeritus Professor, now Visiting Fellow in the Division of Pacific and Asian History of the Research School of Asian and Pacific Studies, Australian National University. Navid Kermani is Long-Term Fellow at the Institute for Advanced STudies (Wissenschaftskolleg) in Berlin. Ronald L. Nettler is University Research Lecturer in Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and Fellow of Mansfield College. Abdullah Saeed is Associate Professor and Head of the Arabic and Islamic Studies Program at the University of Melbourne. Suha Taji-Farouki is Lecturer in Modern Islam at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, and REsearch Associate at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Osman Ta,stan is Associate Professor in the Department of Islamic Law at Ankara University's Faculty of Divinity. Farzin Vahdat teaches Social Studies at Harvard University.

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