Contemporary Approaches to the Qur’an and its Interpretation in Iran 1st Edition by Ali Akbar, Abdullah Saeed ISBN 0367272032 9780367272036

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ISBN 10: 0367272032

ISBN 13: 9780367272036 

Author: Ali Akbar, Abdullah Saeed 

This book sets out how contemporary Iranian scholars have approached the Qurʾān during recent decades. It particularly aims to explore the contributions of scholars that have emerged in the post 1979-revolution era, outlining their primary interpretive methods and foundational theories regarding the reading of the Qurʾān.

Examining issues such as the status of women, democracy, freedom of religion and human rights, this book analyses the theoretical contributions of several Iranian scholars, some of which are new to the English-speaking academy. The hermeneutical approaches of figures such Abdolkarim Soroush, Muhammad Mojtahed Shabestari, Mohsen Kadivar, Hasan Yousefi-Eshkevari, Abolqasem Fanaie and Mostafa Malekian are presented and then analysed to demonstrate how a contextualist approach to the Qu’ran has been formed in response to the influence of Western Orientalism. The effect of this approach to the Qu’ran is then shown to have wide-ranging effects on Iranian society.

This study reveals Qu’ranic thought that has been largely overlooked by the West. It will, therefore. Be of great use to academics in Religious, Islamic and Qurʾānic studies as well as those studying the culture of Iran and the Middle East more generally.

Table of contents:

Part I: Introduction and Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qur’an in Iran

Introduction

1 Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qur’an in Iran: Orientalism Refuted

Part II: Approaches of Contextualist Iranian Scholars towards Interpretation of the Qur’an

2 Abdolkarim Soroush

3 Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestar

4 Hasan Yousefi-Eshkevari

5 Mohsen Kadivar

6 Abolqasem Fanaei

7 Mostafa Malekian

Part III: Contextualist Approaches in Practice

8 Gender Issues

9 Pluralism and Freedom of Religion

10 Human Rights, Democracy and Methods of Governance

Part IV: Concluding Remarks

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