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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd; Jonathan Wright; Carool Kersten |
ISBN: | 0300207123 9780300207125 |
OCLC Number: | 982514274 |
Language Note: | Translated from Arabic. |
Notes: | Translated from Arabic. Originally published as: Naqd al-Khitab al-dini. Dar al-Thaqafa al Jadida, 1990. |
Description: | vi, 314 pages ; 22 cm. |
Series Title: | World thought in translation. |
Other Titles: | Naqd al-Khiṭāb al-dīnī. |
Responsibility: | Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd ; translated by Jonathan Wright ; with a scholarly introduction by Carool Kersten. |
Abstract:
An important work of contemporary Islamic thought argues against the programmatic use of Islamic religious texts to support fundamentalist beliefs
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"This translation is most pleasant to read, and the introduction does a good job contextualizing it in terms of the biography and intellectual career of Abu Zayd."-Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, author of Contemporary Arab Thought: Cultural Critique in Comparative Perspective -- Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab "This is an accomplished and highly readable translation of Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd's work which will help unlock the thought of this important Muslim intellectual for English readers."-Sophia Vasalou, University of Birmingham -- Sophia Vasalou Read more...

