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The Qur'an, morality and critical reason : the essential Muhammad Shahrur / translated, edited, and with an introduction by Andreas Christmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaḥrūr, Muḥammad.
- Series:
- Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 106.
- Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, 1385-3376 ; v. 106
- Standardized Title:
- Selections. English. 2009
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shaḥrūr, Muḥammad--Interviews.
- Shaḥrūr, Muḥammad.
- Islam.
- Islam--20th century.
- Muslim scholars--Interviews.
- Muslim scholars.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (636 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents the work and ideas of the Syrian writer Muhammad Shahrur to the English-speaking world. Shahrur is at the moment the most innovative intellectual thinker in the Arab Middle East. Often described as the ‘Martin Luther of Islam,’ he offers a liberal, progressive reading of Islam that aims to counter the influences of religious fundamentalism and radical politics. Shahrur’s innovative interpretation of the Qur’an offers groundbreaking new ideas, based on his conviction that centuries of historical Islam, including scholarship in the traditional Islamic religious sciences, have obscured or even obliterated the Qur’an’s progressive and revolutionary message. That message is one that has endured through each period of human history in which Islam has existed, encouraging Muslims to apply the most contemporary perspective available to interpret the Qur’an’s meaning.
- Contents:
- Introduction / by Muhammad Shahrur
- Al-Islam and al-Iman
- The sunna of the Prophet
- Revelation
- The theory of limits
- Women and Islamic law
- Political Islam
- Conclusion
- Interview with Muhammad Shahrur / by Dale F. Eickelman (1996)
- Interview with Muhammad Shahrur / by Andreas Christmann (2007).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-570) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-40015-0
- 9786612400155
- 90-474-2434-4
- OCLC:
- 649969490
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004171039.i-588 DOI
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