L’auteure

Bahar Davary est professeur au Département de théologie et des sciences des religions à l’Université de San Diego. Elle enseigne l’islam, l’islam et les femmes, les religions du monde, et d’éthique comparée à l’Institut Kroc pour la paix et de justice.

Presentation

This work argues that a link between the modern consciousness of woman and the Qur’anic discourse can be established only by revealing the historical continuity in the language formation in the image of woman. A resource for addressing this issue can be found in the discussion of modern hermeneutics. The central theme of modern hermeneutics is to examine the historical continuity between the text and its interpretations. The work of Hans-Georg Gadamer, a contemporary German philosopher who is influential in the hermeneutical ontology of language in both North America and Europe, provides the framework for this discussion.

Table des matières

Foreword by Prof. Burhanettin Tatar, Ondokuz Mayis University in Turkey Introduction

1. Tabari : The Classical Approach The Creation Story and the Language of the Qur’ an The Elaboration of the Creation Story Guile, Love, and Lust Autonomous vs. Subordinated Morality Marriage, Polygamy, and Disruption of Marital Harmony

2. Fakhr al-Din Razi : The Grand Commentary The Creation Story Morality, Immorality, and Gender Marriage and Divorce Conclusion

3. ’Abduh : Accommodating Tradition with Modernity The Creation Story as interpreted in Al-Manar Women’s Guile Polygamy and Divorce in Al-Manar

4. Tabataba’i : Contemporary Shia Tafsir Creation ex nihilo or Evolution Women : Spiritual Beings or a Threat to Men’s Spirituality ? “Men are maintainers of Women” ? Marriage and Divorce The Case of Polygamy Conclusion

5. If Our Past is Present, How Can We Get to the Future ? Remembered or Useable Past Women and Interpretation of the Qur’an Feminist Interpretations of the Qur’an

CONCLUSION “Forgetfulness of Being” and the Futurality of Dasein Glossary Bibliography Index

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