This is a glossary entry that gathers the technical meaning of this term in Shahrur across his various books, and links its multiple usages.
This entry belongs to Shahrur’s glossary. For thematic reading, one may refer to Shahrur’s major themes and shared concepts.
Meaning in Shahrur
The inclusive statement that calls for a point of convergence among those who differ on the basis of equality and the rejection of exclusion, so that it becomes a foundation for an ethical and political relationship that allows coexistence in a shared space.
Distinctions
- It is not merely a general call for coexistence, but a specific formulation based on equality as the basis of the relationship
- Here it is not used in the sense of rereading narratives or religious history, but as an inclusive principle that guides the relationship with the other.
Places in his books
- The Qur’anic Stories, vol. 2: In Shahrur’s view, it represents a foundation for coexistence with the other, because it opens the way to a relationship based on equality rather than exclusion. It therefore plays an ethical and political role in building a shared space among those who differ
What it is adjacent to and differs from
- The Wise Revelation reads the stories critically in order to establish coexistence and freedom
- The stories reread religious and civilizational history to build a humane, coexisting consciousness
- The common word establishes coexistence