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020			_a9780199836741
041			_aeng
082			_a297.1226 _bSAR-R
100			_aSardar, Ziauddin _92129
245			_aReading the Qur'an: _bthe contemporary relevance of the sacred text of Islam / _cziauddin sardar
260			_bOxford University Press, _c2011. _aOxford:
300			_axxii, 406 p.
505			_aOverview -- By way of tradition -- Themes and concepts -- Contemporary topics
520			_aIn this book, the author laments that for far too many Muslims, the Qur'an he had learned in his mother's lap has become a stick used for ensuring conformity and suppressing dissenting views. Indeed, some find in the Qur'an justification for misogyny, validation for hatred of others, an obsession with dress and mindless ritual, rules for running modern states. Arguing against these trends, he speaks out for a more open, less doctrinaire approach to reading the Qur'an. He contends that the Qur'an is not fixed in stone for all time, but a dynamic text which every generation must encounter anew, and whose relevance and implications for our time we have yet to fully discover. The words of the Qur'an imply movement: the religious life, it tells us, is not about standing still but always striving to make our life, our society, the entire world around us a better place for everyone. He explores the Qur'an from a variety of perspectives, from traditional exegesis to hermeneutics, critical theory, and cultural analysis, drawing fresh and contemporary lessons from the Sacred Text. He also examines what the Qur'an says about such contemporary topics as power and politics, rights of women, suicide, domestic violence, sex, homosexuality, the veil, freedom of expression, and evolution. In his book about the Qur'an and Islam today, the author opens a new window on this remarkable Sacred Text.
650			_aGEN _918958
650			_a Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. _918959
942			_cBK
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