TY  - BOOK
AU  - Katharina Völker
PY  - 2017
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 0943-9587
SN  - 9783653069372
TI  - Quran and Reform
T2  - Rahman, Arkoun, Abu Zayd
DO  - 10.3726/b10650
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1050524
N2  - The author examines three 20th/21st 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.
KW  - Quran hermeneutics, Muslim intellectuals, Gender equality, Contemporary Islam, Quran exegesis, sharia
LA  - English
ER  -