Contemporary Approaches to the Qurʾan and Its Interpretation in Iran

ISBN-13: 9781032087061 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 204 str.

Abdullah Saeed

Opis

This book sets out how contemporary Iranian scholars have approached the Qurʾān during recent decades. It particularly aims to explore the contributions of scholars that have emerged in the post 1979-revolution era, outlining their primary interpretive methods and foundational theories regarding the reading of the Qurʾān.

Spis treści

Part I: Introduction and Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qurʾān in Iran 
Introduction 
Chapter 1. Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qurʾān in Iran: Orientalism Refuted 

Part II: Approaches of Contextualist Iranian Scholars towards Interpretation of the Qurʾān 
Chapter 2. Abdolkarim Soroush 
Chapter 3. Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari 
Chapter 4. Hasan Yousefi-Eshkevari 
Chapter 5. Mohsen Kadivar 
Chapter 6. Abolqasem Fanaei 
Chapter 7. Mostafa Malekian 

Part III: Contextualist Approaches in Practice 
Chapter 8. Gender Issues 
Chapter 9. Pluralism and Freedom of Religion 
Chapter 10. Human Rights, Democracy and Methods of Governance 

Part IV: Concluding Remarks 

O autorze

Ali Akbar is a Research Assistant at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Abdullah Saeed is the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Director of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies.