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Major Themes of the Qur'an : Second Edition by Fazlur Rahman (2009, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226702863

ISBN-139780226702865

eBay Product ID (ePID)70926412

Product Key Features

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMajor Themes of the Qur'an : Second Edition

Publication Year2009

SubjectIslam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Islam / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion

AuthorFazlur Rahman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight9.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-053231

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsHere is a painstaking and positive effort to think through the Qur''an beyond the verse by verse, tediously grammatical, scrutiny which many have employed in past centuries. . . . The religious future of Islam and the future of interfaith relationship . . . will be livelier and saner of the sort of Quranic centrality which [this book] exemplifies and serves., Those who have been disappointed in what must seem the narrow defensiveness of so many Muslim writers attempting to present the Qur'an to outsiders will find Rahman refreshingly different. He is a mature thinker, at once well informed and basically realistic about the reigning myths of modern secularist society.He is also a clear writer capable of disarming simplicity and tightly reasoned, technically detailed argument., Those who have been disappointed in what must seem the narrow defensiveness of so many Muslim writers attempting to present the Qur'an to outsiders will find Rahman refreshingly different. He is a mature thinker, at once well informed and basically realistic about the reigning myths of modern secularist society.He is also a clear writer capable of disarming simplicity and tightly reasoned, technically detailed argument., Those who have been disappointed in what must seem the narrow defensiveness of so many Muslim writers attempting to present the Qur''an to outsiders will find Rahman refreshingly different. He is a mature thinker, at once well informed and basically realistic about the reigning myths of modern secularist society.He is also a clear writer capable of disarming simplicity and tightly reasoned, technically detailed argument., Here is a painstaking and positive effort to think through the Qur'an beyond the verse by verse, tediously grammatical, scrutiny which many have employed in past centuries. . . . The religious future of Islam and the future of interfaith relationship . . . will be livelier and saner of the sort of Quranic centrality which [this book] exemplifies and serves.

Dewey Decimal297.2

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Foreword by Ebrahim Moosa Introduction Chapter One God Chapter Two Man as Individua Chapter Three Man in Society Chapter Four Nature Chapter Five Prophethood and Revelation Chapter Six Eschatology Chapter Seven Satan and Evil Chapter Eight Emergence of the Muslim Community Appendix I The Religious Situation of the Muslim Community in Mecca Appendix II The People of the Book and Diversity of Religions Index

SynopsisMajor Themes of the Qur'an is Fazlur Rahman's introduction to one of the richest texts in the history of religious thought. In this classic work, Rahman unravels the Qur'an's complexities on themes such as God, society, revelation, and prophecy with the deep attachment of a Muslim educated in Islamic schools and the clarity of a scholar who taught for decades in the West. "Generations of scholars have profited from Rahman's] pioneering scholarly work by taking the questions he raised and the directions he outlined to new destinations."--Ebrahim Moosa, from his new foreword "The religious future of Islam and the future of interfaith relationship . . . will be livelier and saner for the sort of Quranic centrality which Major Themes of the Qur'an exemplifies and serves."--Kenneth Cragg, Middle East Journal "There shines through a] rare combination of balanced scholarly judgment and profound personal commitment. . . . Rahman is] eager to open up the mysteries of the Qur'an to a shrinking world sorely in need of both moral regeneration and better mutual understanding."--Patrick D. Gaffney, Journal of Religion "I can't think of any book more important, still, than Major Themes of the Qur'an ."--Michael Sells, author of Approaching the Qur'an, Major Themes of the Qur'an is Fazlur Rahman's introduction to one of the richest texts in the history of religious thought. In this classic work, Rahman unravels the Qur'an's complexities on themes such as God, society, revelation, and prophecy with the deep attachment of a Muslim educated in Islamic schools and the clarity of a scholar who taught for decades in the West. "Generations of scholars have profited from [Rahman's] pioneering scholarly work by taking the questions he raised and the directions he outlined to new destinations."--Ebrahim Moosa, from his new foreword "The religious future of Islam and the future of interfaith relationship . . . will be livelier and saner for the sort of Quranic centrality which Major Themes of the Qur'an exemplifies and serves."--Kenneth Cragg, Middle East Journal "There shines through [a] rare combination of balanced scholarly judgment and profound personal commitment. . . . [Rahman is] eager to open up the mysteries of the Qur'an to a shrinking world sorely in need of both moral regeneration and better mutual understanding."--Patrick D. Gaffney, Journal of Religion "I can't think of any book more important, still, than Major Themes of the Qur'an ."--Michael Sells, author of Approaching the Qur'an

LC Classification NumberBP132.R33 2009