A non-fundamentalist return to origin: The new Islamic reformers' methodology of (re)interpretation
Focusing on some contemporary Islamic reformers' solutions, in particular, Abolkarim Soroush, Mohsen Kadivar, and Fazlur Rahman, to concrete issues in Muslim societies, this article examines two different methodological strategies of alternative readings of the Sunna: an archeological one and a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-38 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Surūsh, ʻAbd-al-Karīm 1945-
/ Kadīwar, Muḥsin 1959-
/ Raḥmān, Fazlur 1919-1988
/ Islam
/ Reform movement
/ Koran
/ Interpretation of
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa |
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Iran
B the evolution of religious knowledge B religious intellectualism B method of historical hermeneutic B Functional approach to interpretations B women problem |
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| Summary: | Focusing on some contemporary Islamic reformers' solutions, in particular, Abolkarim Soroush, Mohsen Kadivar, and Fazlur Rahman, to concrete issues in Muslim societies, this article examines two different methodological strategies of alternative readings of the Sunna: an archeological one and a genealogical one. In the archeological perspective, the holy text has been considered as a repository of answers to all sorts of questions. Through a pathological analysis, this view suggests solutions to correct distortions and looks for new windows seeking an original interpretation of the Qur'an. The genealogical view, on the other hand, puts aside this pathology and instead insists on the idea of the contingency of any interpretation. Regardless of accuracy and validity, according to the genealogical view, all interpretations have addressed temporal and contextual questions. What is important in this perspective is not returning to an original source for finding the exact message of Allah, or correcting previous interpretations, but recurrently referring to an open-ended text in order to explore the futures of the Qur'an. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303219900247 |