With this, Martin Nguyen aims to bring Muslim theology into the present day. Modern Muslim Theology argues that theology is a creative process, rather than a purely academic pursuit, and discusses how the Islamic tradition can help contemporary practitioners negotiate their relationships with God, with one another, and with the rest of creation.
With this, Martin Nguyen aims to bring Muslim theology into the present day. Modern Muslim Theology argues that theology is a creative process, rather than a purely academic pursuit, and discusses how the Islamic tradition can help contemporary practitioners negotiate their relationships with God, with one another, and with the rest of creation.
Martin Nguyen is associate professor of Islamic religious traditions at Fairfield University, where he is also the faculty chair for diversity. He is the author of the book Sufi Master and Qur'an Scholar.
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CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Why Theology? Muslim Theology A Muslim Theology of Engagement Genealogy of the Book Arrangement of the Book Conventions of the Book Notes 1 The Language of Theology Theology The Horizon of Engagement The Measure of Revelation Notes 2 The Measure of Modern Time A Pound of Flesh Life Without End The Time That Remains End of the End Times Crisis Continuous Notes 3 Imagining Tradition The Question of Tradition The Construction of Tradition The Käba as Tradition Notes 69 4 The Religious Imagination Imagine Reason and Rationalities The Muslim Imaginative Tradition The Measure of the Religious Imagination Notes 5 Revelation and Response The Qur'an as Revelation In the Moment of Revelation Toward a Theology of Prostration Notes 6 Faith in the Tradition A Life of Faith The Measure of Faith Faith in the Changing Tradition A Life of Change Faith in the Forge Notes 7 Theology in Prostration Prayer A Life of Prayer Prayer in Prostration The Timing of Prayer The Form of Prayer The Prostration of Response The Prostration of Protest Pray as Though It Is Your Last Prayer Notes Conclusion Where We Have Been Where We Shall Go Notes Bibliography Arabic Texts 187 General Sources 189 Index of Qur'anic Verses 199 About the Author 205
CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Why Theology? Muslim Theology A Muslim Theology of Engagement Genealogy of the Book Arrangement of the Book Conventions of the Book Notes 1 The Language of Theology Theology The Horizon of Engagement The Measure of Revelation Notes 2 The Measure of Modern Time A Pound of Flesh Life Without End The Time That Remains End of the End Times Crisis Continuous Notes 3 Imagining Tradition The Question of Tradition The Construction of Tradition The Käba as Tradition Notes 69 4 The Religious Imagination Imagine Reason and Rationalities The Muslim Imaginative Tradition The Measure of the Religious Imagination Notes 5 Revelation and Response The Qur'an as Revelation In the Moment of Revelation Toward a Theology of Prostration Notes 6 Faith in the Tradition A Life of Faith The Measure of Faith Faith in the Changing Tradition A Life of Change Faith in the Forge Notes 7 Theology in Prostration Prayer A Life of Prayer Prayer in Prostration The Timing of Prayer The Form of Prayer The Prostration of Response The Prostration of Protest Pray as Though It Is Your Last Prayer Notes Conclusion Where We Have Been Where We Shall Go Notes Bibliography Arabic Texts 187 General Sources 189 Index of Qur'anic Verses 199 About the Author 205
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