An Anthropology Of The Qur An

Author : Ahmed Achrati
Publisher : Routledge Studies in Religion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Anthropology of religion
ISBN : 1032060182

Get Book

An Anthropology of the Qur'an by Ahmed Achrati Pdf

This book presents an anthropological study of the Qur'an, offering an unprecedented challenge to some of the epistemological and metaphysical assumptions of the tawḥīdic discourses. Combining primary textual materials and anthropological analysis, this book examines transcendence as a core principle of the Qur'an, uniquely signified in the divine name al-Quddūs (the Holy). It shows how the tawḥīdic representations of Allah constitute an inversion of this attribute; examines how this inversion has been conceived, authorized, and maintained; and demonstrates how it has affected Islamic thinking and practices, especially as relates to authority. This book also explores how a return to the Qur'anic primacy of God's otherness as al-Quddūs can influence Islamic thinking and practices moving forward. Therefore, it will be highly useful to scholars of Islamic Studies, philosophical theology, Qur'anic studies, political science, ethics, anthropology, and religious studies.

Author : Ahmed Achrati
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000469066

Get Book

An Anthropology of the Qur’an by Ahmed Achrati Pdf

This book presents an anthropological study of the Qur’an, offering an unprecedented challenge to some of the epistemological and metaphysical assumptions of the tawḥīdic discourses. Combining primary textual materials and anthropological analysis, this book examines transcendence as a core principle of the Qur’an, uniquely signified in the divine name al-Quddūs (the Holy). It shows how the tawḥīdic representations of Allah constitute an inversion of this attribute; examines how this inversion has been conceived, authorized, and maintained; and demonstrates how it has affected Islamic thinking and practices, especially as relates to authority. This book also explores how a return to the Qur’anic primacy of God’s otherness as al-Quddūs can influence Islamic thinking and practices moving forward. Therefore, it will be highly useful to scholars of Islamic Studies, philosophical theology, Qur’anic studies, political science, ethics, anthropology, and religious studies.

Author : Rüdiger Braun,Hüseyin I. Cicek
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443892735

Get Book

New Approaches to Human Dignity in the Context of Qur'ānic Anthropology by Rüdiger Braun,Hüseyin I. Cicek Pdf

In recent years, the challenge of relating one’s own theological concept of man and his destiny to secular topics, such as the inviolability of human dignity, has generated a dynamic discourse about how Islamic anthropology can help cultivate and perfect the individual self and social ‘humanisation’. This anthology brings together contemporary Muslim and non-Muslim approaches to the secular notion of human dignity with reference to the Islamic tradition in general and the anthropology of the Qur’ān in particular. The collection presents approaches to Islamic theological anthropology, across a range of fields, especially with regard to the narrative of Adam and Iblīs, which occurs in all monotheistic traditions. It focuses on the specific ‘grammars’ of anthropological narratives at the levels of the canonical text of the Qur’ān itself (Section I) and the interpretations that focus on its performative discourse (Section II). Further to this, the normative implications of the human images that are derived from the canonical text and its interpretations are discussed in Section III. The dynamic interdependencies between the hermeneutics of the Qur’ān, theological anthropology and legal philosophy, particularly in the European context, are a promising field of research that not only allows a deeper insight into the multiperspectivity and indexicality of theological anthropology, but also has the potential to facilitate the long-overdue discursive cooperation and rapprochement between Muslim and non-Muslim scholarship.

Author : Gabriele Marranci
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000190038

Get Book

The Anthropology of Islam by Gabriele Marranci Pdf

An increasing number of people have questions about Islam and Muslims. But how can we approach and study Islam after September 11th? Which is the best methodology to understand an Islam that is changing in a globalized world? The Anthropology of Islam argues that Islam today needs to be studied as a living religion through the observation of everyday Muslim life. Drawing on extensive original fieldwork, Marranci provides provocative analyses of Islam and its relation to issues such as identities, politics, culture, power and gender. The Anthropology of Islam is unprecedented in its innovative and challenging discussion about fieldwork among Muslims, and its ethnographically based interpretations of contemporary aspects of Islam in a post-September 11th society. The book will appeal to those in anthropology and beyond who see and are interested in investigating the unsettled place of Islam in our multicultural society.

Author : Safet Halilović
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Muslims
ISBN : 9958270773

Get Book

What the Qur'ân Says about the Human Being by Safet Halilović Pdf

Author : Hârun Yahya
Publisher : GLOBAL YAYINCILIK
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9781897940877

Get Book

Perished Nations by Hârun Yahya Pdf

Author : John R. Bowen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780521529785

Get Book

A New Anthropology of Islam by John R. Bowen Pdf

This powerful, accessible new study explores the contributions that anthropology has made to the study and understanding of Islam.

Author : John R. Bowen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139536127

Get Book

A New Anthropology of Islam by John R. Bowen Pdf

In this powerful, but accessible new study, John Bowen draws on a full range of work in social anthropology to present Islam in ways that emphasise its constitutive practices, from praying and learning to judging and political organising. Starting at the heart of Islam - revelation and learning in Arabic lands - Bowen shows how Muslims have adapted Islamic texts and traditions to ideas and conditions in the societies in which they live. Returning to key case studies in Asia, Africa and Western Europe, to explore each major domain of Islamic religious and social life, Bowen also considers the theoretical advances in social anthropology that have come out of the study of Islam. A New Anthropology of Islam is essential reading for all those interested in the study of Islam and for those following new developments in the discipline of anthropology.

Author : Filippo Osella,Benjamin Soares
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1444324411

Get Book

Islam, Politics, Anthropology by Filippo Osella,Benjamin Soares Pdf

Part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute SpecialIssue Book Series, Islam, Politics, Anthropology offerscritical reflections on past and current studies of Islam andpolitics in anthropology and charts new analytical approaches toexamining Islam in the post-9/11 world. Challenges current and past approaches to the study of Islamand Muslim politics in anthropology Offers a critical comprehensive review of past and currentliterature on the subject Presents innovative ethnographic description and analysis ofeveryday Muslim politics in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, andNorth America Proposes new analytical approaches to the study of Islam andMuslim politics

Author : Farid Younos
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781491823439

Get Book

Islamic Culture by Farid Younos Pdf

“Islamic Culture: A Study of Cultural Anthropology,” illustrates Islamic culture from an anthropological point of view. It shows that Islam as a way of life relates to all cultural aspects based upon the tradition of its Prophet, Mohammad. For the ?rst time, this study shows that the Prophet of Islam is the founder of Islamic culture and this culture is not an inherited concept but based upon a revelation received from God.

Author : Magnus Marsden,Konstantinos Retsikas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789400742673

Get Book

Articulating Islam: Anthropological Approaches to Muslim Worlds by Magnus Marsden,Konstantinos Retsikas Pdf

This collection of arresting and innovative chapters applies the techniques of anthropology in analyzing the role played by Islam in the social lives of the world’s Muslims. The volume begins with an introduction that sets out a powerful case for a fresh approach to this kind of research, exhorting anthropologists to pause and reflect on when Islam is, and is not, a central feature of their informants’ life-worlds and identities. The chapters that follow are written by scholars with long-term, specialist research experience in Muslim societies ranging from Kenya to Pakistan and from Yemen to China: thus they explore and compare Islam’s social significance in a variety of settings that are not confined to the Middle East or South Asia alone. The authors assess how helpful current anthropological research is in shedding light on Islam’s relationship to contemporary societies. Collectively, the contributors deploy both theoretical and ethnographic analysis of key developments in the anthropology of Islam over the last 30 years, even as they extrapolate their findings to address wider debates over the anthropology of world religions more generally. Crucially, they also tackle the thorny question of how, in the current political context, anthropologists might continue conducting sensitive and nuanced work with Muslim communities. Finally, an afterword by a scholar of Christianity explores the conceptual parallels between the book’s key themes and the anthropology of world religions in a broader context. This volume has key contemporary relevance: for example, its conclusions on the fluidity of people’s relations with Islam will provide an important counterpoint to many commonly held assumptions about the incontestability of Islam in the public sphere.

Author : George Archer,Maria M. Dakake,Daniel A. Madigan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134635481

Get Book

The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an by George Archer,Maria M. Dakake,Daniel A. Madigan Pdf

The Routledge Companion to the Qur’an offers an impressive and comprehensive overview of the formative scripture of Islam. Including a wide number of scholarly approaches to the Qur’an by both established authorities and emergent voices, the 40 chapters in this volume represent the latest word on the academic understanding of the Muslim scripture. The Qur’an is spoken of in scholarship across disciplines; it is the beating heart of a living community of believers; it is a work of beauty and a basis for art and culture; it is a profoundly significant historical artifact; and it is a mysterious survivor from the Late Ancient Arabic-speaking world. This Handbook accompanies the reader into the many worlds that the Qur’an lives in, from its ancient settings, to its internal drama, and through the 1,400 years of discussion and debate about its meaning. Bringing diverse approaches to the Qur’an together in one volume The Routledge Companion to the Qur’an represents the vibrancy of the field of Qur’anic Studies today. This Handbook is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and Islamic studies. It will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as area studies, sociology, anthropology, and history.

Author : Aisha Khan
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813059945

Get Book

Islam and the Americas by Aisha Khan Pdf

"A tour de force that underwrites and shifts the petrified image of Islam disseminated by mainstream media."--Walter D. Mignolo, author of The Darker Side of Western Modernity "Gives us an entirely different picture of Muslims in the Americas than can be found in the established literature. A complex glimpse of the rich diversity and historical depth of Muslim presence in the Caribbean and Latin America."--Katherine Pratt Ewing, editor of Being and Belonging: Muslim Communities in the United States since 9/11 "Finally a broad-ranging comparative work exploring the roots of Islam in the Americas! Drawing upon fresh historical and ethnographic research, this book asks important questions about the politics of culture and globalization of religion in the modern world."--Keith E. McNeal, author of Trance and Modernity in the Southern Caribbean In case studies that include the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume trace the establishment of Islam in the Americas over the past three centuries. They simultaneously explore Muslims’ lived experiences and examine the ways Islam has been shaped in the "Muslim minority" societies in the New World, including the Gilded Age’s fascination with Orientalism, the gendered interpretations of doctrine among Muslim immigrants and local converts, the embrace of Islam by African American activist-intellectuals like Malcolm X, and the ways transnational hip hop artists re-create and reimagine Muslim identities. Together, these essays challenge the typical view of Islam as timeless, predictable, and opposed to Western worldviews and value systems, showing how this religious tradition continually engages with local and global issues of culture, gender, class, and race.

Author : Ziauddin Sardar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190657840

Get Book

Reading the Qur'an by Ziauddin Sardar Pdf

"First published in the United Kingdom by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2010"--T.p. verso.

Author : Akbar S. Ahmed
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780912463056

Get Book

Toward Islamic Anthropology: Definition, Dogma, and Directions (Islamization of Knowledge Series) by Akbar S. Ahmed Pdf

This book, Toward Islamic Anthropology: Definition, Dogma and Direction, is a valuable prerequisite for the study and assessment of Western anthropology from a "universal" or Islamic perspective. Dr. Akbar Ahmed, author of this work, contends that Western Anthropology offers the Islamic scholar a body of knowledge worthy of merit, but which is, unfortunately, laden with conclusions based on cultural presumptions, misinformation and ethnocentrism. Approaching the subject from an Islamic perspective, Dr. Ahmed zeros in upon the "Methodological prejudices," which he suggests represents the greatest challenge to be overcome in the field. As the Late Dr. Isma'il R. al-Faruqi states in the introduction of the book, "regarding the cause of truth as its own, Islam prescribes that where there is valid evidence for the other point of view; the mind must bend itself to it with humility. But where the evidence is spurlous or lacking, the Islamic mind feels itself compelled to expose the incoherence." In Part I, Dr. Ahmed reviews the science of Anthropology and compares its development with that of other disciplines. He also shows how given historical and political periods, such as the "colonial era," forced erroneous methodological frameworks upon the discipline. In Part II, the author establishes the fact that Anthropology had its roots in the Islamic scientific heritage, dating back to the tenth Hijri century. He concludes that anthropologists "must transcend" themselves and their cultures, to a position where they can "speak to, and understand those around them in terms of their special humanity, irrespective of color, caste or creed."