Reading the Qur'an [Book] : the conyemporary relevance of the sacred text of Islam / Ziauddin Sardar.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Hurst, 2011.Description: xxii, 406 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781849041072 (hbk.) :
- 1849041075 (hbk.) :
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- 297.1226
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Books | Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor | 297.1226 SAR-R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 46063 | ||
Books | Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor | 297.1226 SAR-R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 51447 |
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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 obsession with dress and mindless ritual, rules for running modern states. Arguing passionately but reasonably against these trends, Sardar speaks out for a more open, less doctrinaire approach to reading the Qur'an. He contends that the Qur'an is not fixed in stone for all time, but a dynamic text which every generation must encounter anew, and whose relevance and implications for our time we have yet to fully discover. The words of the Qur'an imply movement: the religious life, it tells us, is not about standing still but always striving to make our life, our society, the entire world around us a better place for everyone. Sardar explores the Qur'an from a variety of perspectives, from traditional exegesis to hermeneutics, critical theory, and cultural analysis, drawing fresh and contemporary lessons from the Sacred Text. He also examines what the Qur'an says about such contemporary topics as power and politics, rights of women, suicide, domestic violence, sex, homosexuality, the veil, freedom of expression, and evolution.
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