Modern Scripturalism and Emergent Theological Trajectories: Moving Beyond the Qurʾan as Text
Document Type
Article
Article Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
This article explores how the hermeneutic prioritization of the Qurʾan or “modern scripturalism” has prompted a theological turn in the scholarly study of the Qurʾan within Western academe. The Muslim feminist exegetical discourse serves as a case study. First, I argue that this discourse is resonant with other modern scripturalist movements across the world, such as the Ahl-i-Qurʾan in South Asia. However, because the feminist exegetical discourse is located within the Euro-American academy, it is part of and contributes to the generation of a new academic discourse in which Muslim academics are engaging increasingly in a variety of constructive theological projects. With this development in mind, the article concludes with a prescriptive theological exploration of how the Qurʾan might be creatively re-conceptualized for modern Muslim theologies taking shape in Western academe.
Publication Title
Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies
Repository Citation
Nguyen, Martin, "Modern Scripturalism and Emergent Theological Trajectories: Moving Beyond the Qurʾan as Text" (2016). Religious Studies Faculty Publications. 131.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/religiousstudies-facultypubs/131
Published Citation
Nguyen, Martin. "Modern Scripturalism and Emergent Theological Trajectories: Moving Beyond the Qurʾan as Text." Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies 1.2 (2016): 61-79. doi:10.2979/jims.1.2.05
DOI
10.2979/jims.1.2.05
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