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Modern Muslim intellectuals and the Qur'an / edited by Suha Taji-Farouki.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Qur'anic studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qurʼan--Commentaries.
- Qurʼan.
- Qurʼan--Hermeneutics.
- Genre:
- Commentaries.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 342 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- The essays in this volume examine ten 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 which challenge those of earlier Muslim interpretation, and which are critical of political Islam and progressive in orientation. The volume offers a framework for understanding their work, and responses to this among Muslim and Western audiences.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0197200028
- OCLC:
- 53822898
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