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Klappentext The essays in this volume examine ten Muslim intellectuals from the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, the USA, and Europe. These thinkers employ contemporary critical methods to interpret the Qur'an, arriving at conclusions that challenge those of earlier Muslim interpretation, and are critical of political Islam and progressive in orientation. The volume offers a framework for understanding their work, and responses to this among Muslim and Western audiences. Zusammenfassung Examines the writings of ten Muslim intellectuals, working in the Muslim world and the West, who employ contemporary critical methods to understand the Qur'an. This volume situates and evaluates their work and responses to it among Muslim and non-Muslim audiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors 1.: Suha Taji-Farouki: Introduction 2.: Abdullah Saeed: Fazlur Rahman: a framework for interpreting the ethico-legal content of the Qur'an 3.: Anthony H. Johns and Abdullah Saeed: Nurcholish Madjid and the interpretation of the Qur'an: religious pluralism and tolerance 4.: Asma Barlas: Amina Wadud's hermeneutics of the Qur'an: women rereading sacred texts 5.: Ursula Günther: Mohammed Arkoun: towards a radical rethinking of Islamic thought 6.: Navid Kermani: From revelation to interpretation: Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd and the literary study of the Qur'an 7.: Farzin Vahdat: Post-revolutionary Islamic modernity in Iran: the inter-subjective hermeneutics of Mohamad Mojtahed Shabestari 8.: Ronald L. Nettler: Mohamed Talbi on understanding the Qur'an 9.: Osman Tastan: Hüseyin Atay's approach to understanding the Qur'an 10.: Andreas Christmann: 'The form is permanent, but the content moves': The Qur'anic text and its interpretation(s) in Mohamed Shahrour's al-Kitab wal-Qur'an 11.: Suha Taji-Farouki: Modern intellectuals, Islam, and the Qur'an: the example of Sadiq Nayhum
