Reading the Qur'an [[electronic resource] ] : the contemporary relevance of the sacred text of Islam / / Ziauddin Sardar
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| Autore: |
Sardar Ziauddin
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| Titolo: |
Reading the Qur'an [[electronic resource] ] : the contemporary relevance of the sacred text of Islam / / Ziauddin Sardar
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (430 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 297.1/226 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Overview -- pt. 2. By way of tradition -- pt. 3. Themes and concepts -- pt. 4. Contemporary topics. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | ""I grew up reading the Qur'an on my mother's lap,"" writes Ziauddin Sardar. ""It's an experience I share with most Muslim children. And so it is that our connection to the Qur'an is infused with associations of the warmest and most enduring of human bonds."" In Reading the Qur'an, Sardar--one of Europe's leading public intellectuals--laments that for far too many Muslims, the Qur'an he had learned in his mother's lap has become a stick used for ensuring conformity and suppressing dissenting views. Indeed, some find in the Qur'an justification for misogyny, validation for hatred of others, an |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Reading the Qur'an |
| ISBN: | 1-283-23230-8 |
| 9786613232304 | |
| 0-19-983675-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910666559903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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