Mun'im Sirry explores polemical passages in the Qur'an, examining the interpretation of those passages by reformist exegetes of the first half of the twentieth century.
Mun'im Sirry explores polemical passages in the Qur'an, examining the interpretation of those passages by reformist exegetes of the first half of the twentieth century.
Mun'im Sirry is Assistant Professor at the Department of Theology and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School. His articles have appeared in several peer-reviewed journals, including Arabica, BSOAS, Interpretation, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Journal of Semitic Studies, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, The Muslim World, Studia Islamica, and Der Welt des Islams.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Chapter One: The Qur'an and Modern Tafsir a. Islamic Reform, Tafsir, and Religious Diversity b. Reformist Muslim Approach to Medieval Qur'an Commentaries c. Concluding Remarks 2. Chapter Two: Towards Understanding the Qur'an's Polemical Texts a. The Qur'an and Its Polemical Context b. The Ambiguity of Qur'anic Criticisms c. Is the Qur'an Supersessionist? d. Concluding Remarks 3. Chapter Three: Contesting the Theology of Exclusivist Salvation a. Al-Islam as the Only True Path to Salvation b. Between Inclusive and Exclusive Islam c. Re-Interpreting the Superiority of Islam d. Concluding Remarks 4. Chapter Four: The Falsification of Jewish and Christian Scriptures a. The Charge of Scriptural Distortion b. The Concealment of Truth c. Between Twisting the Tongues and Writing the Book with Hands d. Concluding Remarks 5. Chapter Five: Qur'anic Denials of Sonship, Human-Divinity and Trinity a. ''Son of God'' b. The Divine Nature of Jesus c. Trinitarian Doctrine d. Concluding Remarks 6. Chapter Six: Inter-Religious Restrictions and Engagements a. Treatment of Non-Muslim Dhimmis b. Friendship with the Unbelievers c. Obstacles to Inter-Religious Relations d. Concluding Remarks Conclusion Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Chapter One: The Qur'an and Modern Tafsir a. Islamic Reform, Tafsir, and Religious Diversity b. Reformist Muslim Approach to Medieval Qur'an Commentaries c. Concluding Remarks 2. Chapter Two: Towards Understanding the Qur'an's Polemical Texts a. The Qur'an and Its Polemical Context b. The Ambiguity of Qur'anic Criticisms c. Is the Qur'an Supersessionist? d. Concluding Remarks 3. Chapter Three: Contesting the Theology of Exclusivist Salvation a. Al-Islam as the Only True Path to Salvation b. Between Inclusive and Exclusive Islam c. Re-Interpreting the Superiority of Islam d. Concluding Remarks 4. Chapter Four: The Falsification of Jewish and Christian Scriptures a. The Charge of Scriptural Distortion b. The Concealment of Truth c. Between Twisting the Tongues and Writing the Book with Hands d. Concluding Remarks 5. Chapter Five: Qur'anic Denials of Sonship, Human-Divinity and Trinity a. ''Son of God'' b. The Divine Nature of Jesus c. Trinitarian Doctrine d. Concluding Remarks 6. Chapter Six: Inter-Religious Restrictions and Engagements a. Treatment of Non-Muslim Dhimmis b. Friendship with the Unbelievers c. Obstacles to Inter-Religious Relations d. Concluding Remarks Conclusion Bibliography Index
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