Quran and Reform: Rahman, Arkoun, Abu Zayd
Author:   Edmund Weber ,  Katharina Völker
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   31
ISBN:  

9783631675311


Pages:   195
Publication Date:   04 January 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Quran and Reform: Rahman, Arkoun, Abu Zayd


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The author examines three 20th/21st century Muslims' accounts of reading the Quran. To master contemporary social challenges, Fazlur Rahman (d. 1988), Muhammad Arkoun (d. 2010), and Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (d. 2010) call for revisiting the Islamic heritage, plus a fresh look onto the Quranic 'spirit'. The investigation leads through following concepts: the nature of the Quran, revelation and prophecy, the role of Muhammad and Prophethood. Discoursing the philosophers' reform ideas leads to an analysis of their exegetical methods. Do the proposed Quran hermeneutics support their reform projects? This book uncovers pros and cons of these socio-intellectual innovations. It finally concludes: the thinkers' scholarly and philosophical attitude exposes itself as a humanistic endeavour.

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Author:   Edmund Weber ,  Katharina Völker
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   31
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9783631675311


ISBN 10:   3631675313
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   04 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contemporary rereading of the Quran – Religious thought – Rahman – Arkoun – Abu Zayd – Nature of the Quran – Prophecy and revelation – Reform – Education – Exegesis – Metaphysics – Islamic state – Sharia – Secular democracy – Double movement – Determinism – (Gender) Equality – Violence/jihad-ijtihād – Meaning and significance – Humanism

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Katharina Völker studied the history and philosophy of religion at Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University in Frankfurt, as well as Sufism and philosophy of mind at the University of Leeds. She received her PhD from the University of Otago, where she lectured on Women and Islam.

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