Scripture, reason, and the contemporary Islam-west encounter [electronic resource] : studying the "other", understanding the "self" / edited by, Basit Bilal Koshul and Steven Kepnes
Electronic reproduction. Basingstoke, England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Mode of access:World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 3, 2009). Access may berestricted to users at subscribing institutions
As a religious tradition of the "East", Islam has often been portrayed as "other" to the Western Traditions of Judaism and Christianity. The essays in this collection use the underlying allegiance to scripture in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity to underscore the deep affinities between the three monotheistic traditions at the same time that respect for differences between the traditions are preserved. The essays are unique in attempting to bring together both contemporary academic and traditional scholarship on scriptural texts to heal the rift between tradition and the contemporary world
Part I: Studying the Western Other and Understanding the Islamic Self -- Studying the WesternOther and Understanding the Islamic Self: A Qur'anically Reasoned Perspective / Basit Bilal Koshul -- Voltaire's Bastards : A Response to Basit Koshul's Studying the Western Other / Muhammad Suheyl Umar -- Islam, A Prophetic, Dissenting Witness within the Reality of the Modern World: A Response to Basit Koshul / Yamine Mermer -- Response to Basit Koshul / Vincent Cornell -- Part II: Studying the Islamic Other and Understanding the Western Self -- Islam as Our Other, Islam as Our Self / Steven Kepnes -- Beyond Logics of Preservation and Burial: The Display of Distance and Proximity of Traditions in Scriptural Reasoning / Nicholas Adams -- Response to Steven Kepnes / Ian Markham -- Is Scriptural Reasoning Senseless? A Response to Steven Kepnes / Martin Kavka -- Part III: Reflections on Scripture, Reason and the Contemporary Islam-West Encounter / David Ford, Peter Ochs & Tim Winter
