Locating ‘Praxis’ in Islamic Liberation Theology: God, Scripture, and the Problem of Suffering in Egyptian Prisons
The paper examines the tenability of a project for Islamic liberation theology by exploring the religious lives of Egyptian prisoners—with an emphasis on their encounters with the Qur’an, devotional and contentious contemplation, and theodicy. It employs an ethnographic approach to the study of Isla...
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2023
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Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 9 |
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B Hermeneutics B Islamic liberation theology B Qur’an B Egyptian prisons |
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