Hermeneutics, scriptural politics, and human rights Between text and context /
"One may agree or disagree with the specific viewpoint of a given author but the essays are thought-provoking and stimulating nonetheless. Given the lack of information about Islam and Christianity and the various approaches to their texts, this book will serve an important function in stimulat...
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"One may agree or disagree with the specific viewpoint of a given author but the essays are thought-provoking and stimulating nonetheless. Given the lack of information about Islam and Christianity and the various approaches to their texts, this book will serve an important function in stimulating dialogue on such topics." - Robert J. Kaslyn, School of Canon Law, Catholic University of America. |
Item Description: | Electronic book text. |
Carrier Form: | 304 p. |
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9780230622234 9780230105959 : 0230105955 : |
CLC: | B972-52 |
Contents: | Introduction - M.A. Mohamed Salih, Bas de Gaay Fortman and Kurt Martens * PART I: Hermeneutics, Communities of Readers and Context * Religious Identity, Difference and Human Rights: The Crucial Role of Hermeneutics - M.A. Mohamed Salih and Bas de Gaay Fortman * Islamic Texts, Democracy, and the Rule of Law: Towards a Hermeneutics of Conciliation - Salman Haq * Interpretation in Canon Law: Faith or Reason - Phillip Brown * Judicial Textualism: An Analysis of Textualism as Applied to the United States Constitution - Herman Philipse * Arbitrary Readings? Christianity and Islam as Capricious Hermeneutic Communities - Karel Steenbrink * Changing Hermeneutics in Reading and Understanding the Bible: The Case of the Gospel of Mark - Geert van Oyen * PART II: Hermeneutic, Scriptual Politics and Human Rights * The Qur'an and Religious Freedom - Ali Mirmoosavi * Dignitatis Humanae. A Hermeneutic Perspective on Religious Freedom as Interpreted by the Roman Catholic Church - Kurt Martens * Strangers and Residents: The Hermeneutic Challenge of Non-Jewish Minorities in Israel - Deborah Weissman * Religious Texts as Models for Exclusion. Scriptural Interpretation and Ethnic Politics in Northern Nigeria - Niels Kastfelt * Jihad from a Shi'a Hermeneutic Perspective - Sadegh Haghighat * Views on Women in Early Christianity: International Hermeneutics in Tertullian and Augustine - Willemien Otten * Women's Rights and the Interpretation of Islamic Texts: The Practice of Female Genital Mutilation - Isatou Touray. |