An anthropology of the Qur'an
Part I. Introduction -- 1. Religion, the Holy and the Sacred: An Anthropological Perspective -- 2. Al-Quddūs (The Holy) and Transcendental Écart in the Qur'ān -- 3. Ontological Distinction of the Holy and the Sacred in the Qur'ān -- 4. Transcendence and Divine Freedom in the Qur'ān...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Routledge
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge studies in religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Islamic sociology
B Qurʼan Sociology B Anthropology of religion (Islamic countries) |
| Summary: | Part I. Introduction -- 1. Religion, the Holy and the Sacred: An Anthropological Perspective -- 2. Al-Quddūs (The Holy) and Transcendental Écart in the Qur'ān -- 3. Ontological Distinction of the Holy and the Sacred in the Qur'ān -- 4. Transcendence and Divine Freedom in the Qur'ān -- 5 Tawḥīd, God, the Qur'ān, and Being -- 6. Al-Quddūs and Divine Otherness -- 7. Tawḥīdic Discourses and the Inversion of al-Quddūs -- 8. The Qur'ān and the Sublimation of the Sunna -- 9. The Qur'ān, Muḥammad and the Disclosure of the Holy --10. The Qur'ān, the Sunna, and Authority in Modern Islam -- Part II. 11. Gender: The Tawḥīdic Sexual Morality --12. ḤILM: The Forgotten Ethics of Islam -- 13. The Qur'ān and Islamic Art -- 14. Ribā (Usury): Economic Excess and Excessive Morality. "This book presents an anthropological study of the Qur'an, offering an unprecedented challenge to some of the epistemological and metaphysical assumptions of the tawḥīdic discourses. Combining primary textual materials and anthropological analysis, this book examines transcendence as a core principle of the Qur'an, uniquely signified in the divine name al-Quddūs (the Holy). It shows how the tawḥīdic representations of Allah constitute an inversion of this attribute; examines how this inversion has been conceived, authorized, and maintained; and demonstrates how it has affected Islamic thinking and practices, especially as relates to authority. This book also explores how a return to the Qur'anic primacy of God's otherness as al-Quddus can influence Islamic thinking and practices moving forward. Therefore, it will be highly useful to scholars of Islamic Studies, philosophical theology, Qur'anic studies, political science, ethics, Anthropology and religious studies"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1032052880 |