num_pages: 356
description: The essays in this volume examine ten Muslim intellectuals from the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, the USA, and Europe who employ contemporary critical methods to interpret the Qur'an, arriving at conclusions which challenge those of earlier Muslim interpretation, and which arecritical of political Islam and progressive in orientation. The volume offers a framework for understanding their work, and responses to this among Muslim and Western audiences.
language: English
title: Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur'an
titlecomplete: Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur'an (Qur'anic Studies Series, 1)
genres: Islam
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Published in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies