The authoritative reference study on the work of Mohammed Arkoun, The Construction of Belief is essential reading for students and scholars of Islam, Muslim societies and cultures, modernity, religious studies, philosophy and semantics. A collection of essays honoring the work of Mohammed Arkoun, a prominent and influential Arab intellectual of the twentieth century.
The authoritative reference study on the work of Mohammed Arkoun, The Construction of Belief is essential reading for students and scholars of Islam, Muslim societies and cultures, modernity, religious studies, philosophy and semantics.A collection of essays honoring the work of Mohammed Arkoun, a prominent and influential Arab intellectual of the twentieth century.
Dr Aziz Esmail is a governor of The Institute of Ismaili Studies,London. He has held teaching and research positions at various American universities, and has been associated with Harvard University's Centre for the Study of World Religions and Graduate School of Education. His writings include The Poetics of Religious Experience: The Islamic Context and A Scent of Sandalwood: Indo- Ismaili Religious Lyrics. Dr.Abdou Filali-Ansary was the founding Director of the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London from 2002-9 and of the King Abdul-Aziz Foundation for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences in Casablanca, Morocco, from 1984-2001. Prior to this, he served as Secretary-General of the Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, teaching Modern Philosophy.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Professor Mohammed Arkoun (1928-2010) 7 Preface: Situating Arkoun 9 Abdou Filali-Ansary Mohammed Arkoun: A Personal Tribute and an Intellectual Assessment 17 Aziz Esmail The Authenticity of Sacred Texts 45 R. Stephen Humphreys Constructing Islam in the "Classical" Period: Maqalat Literature and the Seventy-Two Sects 63 Josef van Ess Modern Discourses of Superiority: Muslims and Christians in Contact 75 Stefan Wild The Political, Social and Technological Construction of Understanding: An Essay in Analysis of the Disruptive 93 Mark Sedgwick Believing and Belonging: The Impact of Religion for "Muslim" Adolescents in a Pluralistic Society - Empirical Findings from Hamburg, Germany 109 Ursula Günther Veiling and Unveiling Muslim Women: State Coercion, Islam, and the "Disciplines of the Heart" 127 Malika Zeghal Coming to Believe: The (Elusive) Time of Conversion 150 Souleymane Bachir Diagne The Shadow of Terror on Distant Muslims 161 Akeel Bilgrami Citational Exegesis of the Qur'an: Towards a Theoretical Framework for the Construction of Meaning in Classical Islamic Thought. The Case of the Epistles of the Pure Brethren (Rasa'il Ikhwan al-?afa') 168 Omar Alí-de-Ungaza Afterword 195 Mohammed Arkoun: A Passionate Critic 207 About the Contributors 209 Index 215
Contents: Professor Mohammed Arkoun (1928-2010) 7 Preface: Situating Arkoun 9 Abdou Filali-Ansary Mohammed Arkoun: A Personal Tribute and an Intellectual Assessment 17 Aziz Esmail The Authenticity of Sacred Texts 45 R. Stephen Humphreys Constructing Islam in the "Classical" Period: Maqalat Literature and the Seventy-Two Sects 63 Josef van Ess Modern Discourses of Superiority: Muslims and Christians in Contact 75 Stefan Wild The Political, Social and Technological Construction of Understanding: An Essay in Analysis of the Disruptive 93 Mark Sedgwick Believing and Belonging: The Impact of Religion for "Muslim" Adolescents in a Pluralistic Society - Empirical Findings from Hamburg, Germany 109 Ursula Günther Veiling and Unveiling Muslim Women: State Coercion, Islam, and the "Disciplines of the Heart" 127 Malika Zeghal Coming to Believe: The (Elusive) Time of Conversion 150 Souleymane Bachir Diagne The Shadow of Terror on Distant Muslims 161 Akeel Bilgrami Citational Exegesis of the Qur'an: Towards a Theoretical Framework for the Construction of Meaning in Classical Islamic Thought. The Case of the Epistles of the Pure Brethren (Rasa'il Ikhwan al-?afa') 168 Omar Alí-de-Ungaza Afterword 195 Mohammed Arkoun: A Passionate Critic 207 About the Contributors 209 Index 215
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