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Muslim QurʾĀnic Interpretation Today: Media, Genealogies, and Interpretive Communities (Themes in Qur'anic Studies)
Joanna Pink (Author)
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Muslim QurʾĀnic Interpretation Today: Media, Genealogies, and Interpretive Communities (Themes in Qur'anic Studies) - Joanna Pink
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Synopsis "Muslim QurʾĀnic Interpretation Today: Media, Genealogies, and Interpretive Communities (Themes in Qur'anic Studies)"
Muslim Qur'anic interpretation today is beset by tensions: tensions between localising and globalising forces; tensions between hierarchical and egalitarian social ideals; tensions between the quest for new approaches and the claim for authority raised by defenders of exegetical traditions. It is this complex web of power structures, local as well as global, that this book seeks to elucidate. This book provides a fresh perspective on present-day Qur'anic interpretations by analysing the historical, social and political dimensions in which they take place, the ways in which they are performed and the media through which they are transmitted. Besides discussing the persistence of exegetical traditions and the emergence of new paradigms, it examines the structural conditions in which these processes occur. Languages, nation states, global human rights discourses and intra-Islamic divisions all shape the nature of interpretive endeavours and frequently fuel conflicts over the correct understanding of the Qur'an. The book contains more than twenty detailed case studies of recent Qur'anic interpretations, based on translated texts that cover a variety of languages, regions, media, genres, approaches, authors and target groups. They are integrated into the chapters, bring their arguments to life and stimulate fundamental reflections on the authority of the text and the authority of its interpreters.
