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Reading the Qur'an : the contemporary relevance of the sacred text of Islam
- Title
- Reading the Qur'an : the contemporary relevance of the sacred text of Islam / Ziauddin Sardar.
- Author
- Sardar, Ziauddin.
- Publication
- Oxford [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 406 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published: London : C. Hurst & Co., 2010.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-392) and index.
- Contents
- Overview. The Qur'an and me ; Style and structure ; Approach and interpretations ; Questions of authority ; The limits of translations -- By way of tradition. Introduction ; Al-Fatiha : attributes of God ; Al-Fatiha : 'the straight path' ; Al-Baqara : The Qur'an and doubt ; Al-Baqara : 'the hypocrites' ; Al-Baqara : paradise ; Al-Baqara : fall and evil ; Al-Baqara : 'children of Israel' ; Al-Baqara : a 'middle community' ; Al-Baqara : virtuous people ; Al-Baqara : law of equity ; Al-Baqara : fasting ; Al-Baqara : war and peace ; Al-Baqara : hajj ; Al-Baqara : apostasy and migration ; Al-Baqara : marriage and divorce ; Al-Baqara : qualities of leadership ; Al-Baqara : majesty of God and freedom of religion ; Al-Baqara : arguing with God ; Al-Baqara : charity and usury ; Al-Baqara : witness ; Al-Baqara : prayer -- Themes and concepts. Introduction ; Prophets and revelation ; Abrogation and change ; Time and history ; Truth and plurality ; Humanity and diversity ; Individual and community ; Reason and knowledge ; Crime and punishment ; Rights and duties ; Nature and environment ; Ethics and morality ; Reading and writing -- Contemporary topics. Introduction ; The Sharia'h ; Power and politics ; Polygamy and domestic violence ; Sex and society ; Homosexuality ; The veil ; Freedom of expression ; Suicide (assisted or otherwise) ; Science and technology ; Evolution ; Art, music and imagination.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-2276
- ISBN
- 9780199836741 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0199836744 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011008721
- OCLC
- 705351956
- Author
- Sardar, Ziauddin.
- Title
- Reading the Qur'an : the contemporary relevance of the sacred text of Islam / Ziauddin Sardar.
- Imprint
- Oxford [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-392) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-2276