The Qur'an: A Beginner's Guide
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About The Book
The Qur'an has spoken to Muslims for over one thousand years; it is seen as law-maker, moral code, and the word of God.
Drawing on both contemporary and ancient sources, Esack outlines the key themes and explains the historical and cultural context of this unique work whilst examining its content, language and style, and the variety of approaches, including fundamentalist, feminist, and modernist, that have been used to interpret it.
Other areas covered include: the Qu'ran as evocative oral experience; understanding and interpreting the Qu'ran; the major themes of the Qu'ran, including such issues as truth, justice and gender relations.
About The Author
Farid Esack has an international reputation as a Muslim scholar, speaker, and human rights activist. He has lectured widely on religion and Islamic Studies and also served as a Commissioner for Gender Equality in Nelson Mandela's government.
He is the author of Qur'an, Liberation and Pluralism and On Being a Muslim, and co-editor (with Sarah Chiddy) of Islam and AIDS: Between Scorn, Pity and Justice (all published by Oneworld). He is currently the Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Visiting Professor of Contemporary Islam at Harvard University.
Drawing on both contemporary and ancient sources, Esack outlines the key themes and explains the historical and cultural context of this unique work whilst examining its content, language and style, and the variety of approaches, including fundamentalist, feminist, and modernist, that have been used to interpret it.
Other areas covered include: the Qu'ran as evocative oral experience; understanding and interpreting the Qu'ran; the major themes of the Qu'ran, including such issues as truth, justice and gender relations.
About The Author
Farid Esack has an international reputation as a Muslim scholar, speaker, and human rights activist. He has lectured widely on religion and Islamic Studies and also served as a Commissioner for Gender Equality in Nelson Mandela's government.
He is the author of Qur'an, Liberation and Pluralism and On Being a Muslim, and co-editor (with Sarah Chiddy) of Islam and AIDS: Between Scorn, Pity and Justice (all published by Oneworld). He is currently the Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Visiting Professor of Contemporary Islam at Harvard University.
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About the author
Farid Esack: Farid Esack is a Muslim scholar, speaker, and human rights activist with an international reputation in Islamic Studies and Qur'anic thought. He has lectured widely on religion and Islam across the globe. He served as Commissioner for Gender Equality in the government of President Nelson Mandela in South Africa, a role that reflects his longstanding commitment to justice and human rights. He subsequently held the Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Visiting Professorship of Contemporary Islam at Harvard University. His published works include Qur'an, Liberation and Pluralism and On Being a Muslim (both published by Oneworld), as well as the co-edited volume Islam and AIDS: Between Scorn, Pity and Justice (co-edited with Sarah Chiddy, also Oneworld). He is the author of The Qur'an: A Beginner's Guide.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781851686247
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Author
Farid Esack
Pages
320
Year Published
2009
Size
W-5.1 in | H-7.8 in | D-1.1 in
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