Jerusha Tanner Lamptey
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199362783
- eISBN:
- 9780199362806
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199362783.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam, Religion and Society
This chapter examines the hermeneutical and conceptual contributions of three Muslim women interpreters of the Qurʾān: Amina Wadud, Asma Barlas, and Riffat Hassan. It explores their Qurʾān-centered ...
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This chapter examines the hermeneutical and conceptual contributions of three Muslim women interpreters of the Qurʾān: Amina Wadud, Asma Barlas, and Riffat Hassan. It explores their Qurʾān-centered hermeneutic of suspicion that emphasizes a Qurʾānic worldview, textual holism, context, textual silence, the distinction between text and interpretation, and polysemy. This chapter also examines their conception of human difference, which acknowledges sameness, divinely intended difference, human relationality, and taqwā (God consciousness) as the sole basis of evaluative distinction among humans. The chapter argues that elements of these scholars’ conception of sexual difference can be generalized and connected to an alternative conception of religious difference.Less
This chapter examines the hermeneutical and conceptual contributions of three Muslim women interpreters of the Qurʾān: Amina Wadud, Asma Barlas, and Riffat Hassan. It explores their Qurʾān-centered hermeneutic of suspicion that emphasizes a Qurʾānic worldview, textual holism, context, textual silence, the distinction between text and interpretation, and polysemy. This chapter also examines their conception of human difference, which acknowledges sameness, divinely intended difference, human relationality, and taqwā (God consciousness) as the sole basis of evaluative distinction among humans. The chapter argues that elements of these scholars’ conception of sexual difference can be generalized and connected to an alternative conception of religious difference.
Jerusha Tanner Lamptey
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199362783
- eISBN:
- 9780199362806
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199362783.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam, Religion and Society
Utilizing the conceptual and hermeneutical infrastructure developed in earlier chapters, this chapter begins to reinterpret the Qurʾānic discourse on the religious Other and to articulate a Muslima ...
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Utilizing the conceptual and hermeneutical infrastructure developed in earlier chapters, this chapter begins to reinterpret the Qurʾānic discourse on the religious Other and to articulate a Muslima theology of religious pluralism. It distinguishes between hierarchical and lateral religious difference in the Qurʾān—between the semantic fields of taqwā (God consciousness) and umma (community)—and explores the relationship between the two distinct genres. On this basis, this chapter argues against the static and holistic alignment of the two genres of difference, which results in the automatic ascription of a particular evaluation or status to a particular religious community.Less
Utilizing the conceptual and hermeneutical infrastructure developed in earlier chapters, this chapter begins to reinterpret the Qurʾānic discourse on the religious Other and to articulate a Muslima theology of religious pluralism. It distinguishes between hierarchical and lateral religious difference in the Qurʾān—between the semantic fields of taqwā (God consciousness) and umma (community)—and explores the relationship between the two distinct genres. On this basis, this chapter argues against the static and holistic alignment of the two genres of difference, which results in the automatic ascription of a particular evaluation or status to a particular religious community.
Jerusha Tanner Lamptey
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199362783
- eISBN:
- 9780199362806
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199362783.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam, Religion and Society
This chapter focuses on the Qurʾānic genre of hierarchical religious difference—that is, the semantic field of taqwā—in greater detail. It explores the concepts of īmān (“belief”), islām ...
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This chapter focuses on the Qurʾānic genre of hierarchical religious difference—that is, the semantic field of taqwā—in greater detail. It explores the concepts of īmān (“belief”), islām (“submission, devotion”), ḥanīf (commonly translated as “nondenominational monotheist”), kufr (“disbelief”), shirk (“ascribing partners to God”), and nifāq (“hypocrisy”) in reference to three taqwā-related themes: recognition of and attitude toward God; response to God’s guidance; and type and nature of actions. In relation to each theme, essential characteristics of the concepts and the interconnections among them are illuminated. Based on this exploration, this chapter presents the Qurʾānic discourse on hierarchical religious difference as being characterized by dynamism, ambiguous boundaries, and relational complexity.Less
This chapter focuses on the Qurʾānic genre of hierarchical religious difference—that is, the semantic field of taqwā—in greater detail. It explores the concepts of īmān (“belief”), islām (“submission, devotion”), ḥanīf (commonly translated as “nondenominational monotheist”), kufr (“disbelief”), shirk (“ascribing partners to God”), and nifāq (“hypocrisy”) in reference to three taqwā-related themes: recognition of and attitude toward God; response to God’s guidance; and type and nature of actions. In relation to each theme, essential characteristics of the concepts and the interconnections among them are illuminated. Based on this exploration, this chapter presents the Qurʾānic discourse on hierarchical religious difference as being characterized by dynamism, ambiguous boundaries, and relational complexity.
