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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828933603321

Autore

Shahrur Muhammad

Titolo

The Qur'an, morality and critical reason : the essential Muhammad Shahrur / / translated, edited, and with an introduction by Andreas Christmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-40015-0

9786612400155

90-474-2434-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (636 p.)

Collana

Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, , 1385-3376 ; ; v. 106

Altri autori (Persone)

ChristmannAndreas

Disciplina

297.2

Soggetti

Islam

Islam - 20th century

Muslim scholars

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-570) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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).

Sommario/riassunto

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.