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ISBN/EAN: 9783653069372

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978-3-653-06937-2

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Autor/in: Katharina Völker
Titel: Theion; Quran and Reform - Studien zur Religionskultur / Studies in Religious Culture; Rahman, Arkoun, Abu Zayd
Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
195 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017-01-04
Frankfurt a.M. DE
Gedruckt / Hergestellt in Deutschland.
Sprache: Englisch
51,95 € (DE)
51,95 € (AT)
56,95 CHF (CH)
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EA; E107; Nonbooks, PBS / Religion, Theologie; Islam; Verstehen; RELIGION / General; RELIGION / Islam / General; RELIGION / Judaism / General; History of religion; Islamic life & practice; Sacred texts; Arkoun; Contemporary Islam; Gender equality; Muslim intellectuals; Quran; Quran exegesis; Quran hermeneutics; Rahman; Reform; sharia; Völker; Zayd; Geschichte der Religion; Islam: Einzelne Gruppen; Islam: Heilige Texte und geheiligte Schriften; Islam: Leben und Praxis; EA; EA; BC

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.

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.

century Muslim intellectuals. Their ideas on a reformed Islam consider «sharia», education, ethos, democracy, society, pluralism, state. Scriptural interpretations address meaning, equality, humanism, determinism, violence, responsibility, justice.

Meaning and significance – Humanism