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The Qur'an and the West

  • ISBN-13: 9781626163102
  • Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Kenneth Cragg, Foreword by John L. Esposito
  • Price: AUD $116.00
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  • Local release date: 02/03/2016
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 244 pages Weight: 340g
  • Categories: Islam [HRH]
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Kenneth Cragg (1913 - 2012) was one of the West's most gifted interpreters of Islam. In this deeply insightful, classic work of Qur'anic studies, he argues that the West must put aside a "spiritual imperialism" that draws on Western prescripts alien to Muslims and "learn to come within" Islam. Only then can a conversation begin that can relieve the misunderstandings and suspicion that has grown between Islam and the West in the years since 9/11. Cragg's close and thoughtful readings are as timely and relevant now as they were when The Qur'an and the West was originally published. With skill and nuance, he illuminates the difficulty that ensues through the Scripture's contradictory teachings on Islam's manifestation in the world - teachings that have brought about a crisis for modern Muslims living in both the West and the westernizing worlds, where a Muslim's obligation to Islamicize is met with anxiety and distrust. The Qur'an and the West offers a means of study that reaches for a deeper knowledge of the Qur'an, engendering a new understanding of its holy teachings and opening a means for a fruitful discourse.
Introduction 1. A Deep Divide in a Single Situation 2. Humans Who Occupy: Not Gods Who Own 3. Legitimate Selfhood 4. 'Whisperings in the Bosom' 5. The Vital Point of the Secular 6. The Burdened Significance of Words 7. Where the Heart Has Its Reasonings 8. The Onus of Necessary Shape, Art and Ritual 9. The Table and the Memory 10. Journeying the Distance 11. Divinely Liable Politics 12. Our Humanly Liable Lord Afterword Glossary Quran Citations Biblical References Index of Themes Index of Names and Terms
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