Scripture, reason, and the contemporary Islam-west encounter : studying the "other", understanding the "self"

Scripture, reason, and the contemporary Islam-west encounter : studying the "other", understanding the "self" / edited by Basit Bilal Koshul and Steven Kepnes.

As a religious tradition of the "East", Islam has often been portrayed as "other" to the Western Traditions of Judaism and Christianity. The essays in this collection use the underlying allegiance to scripture in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity to underscore the deep affinities...

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Other Authors: Koshul, Basit Bilal, 1968-, Kepnes, Steven, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Bibel
Koran
2000-2099
Islam > 21st century.
Islam > Essence, genius, nature.
Islam > Relations > Christianity.
Christianity and other religions > Islam.
Biblical studies & exegesis.
Judaism.
Islam.
Comparative religion.
Interfaith relations.
RELIGION > Islam > Theology.
Religion.
Christianity
Interfaith relations
International relations
Islam
Islam > Essence, genius, nature
Interreligiöser Dialog
Christentum
Judentum
Schriftverständnis
Islamic countries > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Islamic countries.
Europe
Islamic countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Studying the Western Other and Understanding the Islamic Self
  • Studying the Western Other and Understanding the Islamic Self: A Qur'anically Reasoned Perspective / Basit Bilal Koshul
  • Voltaire's Bastards : A Response to Basit Koshul's Studying the Western Other / Muhammad Suheyl Umar
  • Islam, A Prophetic, Dissenting Witness within the Reality of the Modern World: A Response to Basit Koshul / Yamine Mermer
  • Response to Basit Koshul / Vincent Cornell
  • Part II: Studying the Islamic Other and Understanding the Western Self
  • Islam as Our Other, Islam as Our Self / Steven Kepnes
  • Beyond Logics of Preservation and Burial: The Display of Distance and Proximity of Traditions in Scriptural Reasoning / Nicholas Adams
  • Response to Steven Kepnes / Ian Markham
  • Is Scriptural Reasoning Senseless? A Response to Steven Kepnes / Martin Kavka
  • Part III: Reflections on Scripture, Reason and the Contemporary Islam-West Encounter / David Ford, Peter Ochs & Tim Winter.

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