Intended Meaning
Shahrur presents the Muhammadan message as a civil organizational project, based on negating inheritance in rule and negating clerical authority. It also rejects the human monopoly over the authority to prohibit, and expands the sphere of equality between men and women.
Atom Structure in the Atlas
- Argument type: Political
- Argument movement: It negates clerical authority and inheritance in rule.
- Central terms: the Muhammadan message, clergy, inheritance, equality.
- Degree of centrality: Central.
The atom presents the message as a civil project that rejects religious and political monopoly, and opens the way to equality instead of inheritance and inherited privilege.
Reading Aids
- Muhammad Shahrur: The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought
- The Civil State, Religion, and Power
- the Muhammadan message
- Inherited jurisprudence is a historical human construction that does not possess authority equal to the Qur’an
Grounding
- Supporting text: «Shahrur presents the message as a civil organizational project: no inheritance in rule, no clergy, no human monopoly over prohibition, together with expanding the sphere of equality between men and women».
Level of Documentation
- Level: Directly documented
- Meaning of the level: The atom relies on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of the reading: The formulation above is an analytical summary, and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is explicitly verbatim.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is declarative; it establishes a result on which what follows in the course of the argument depends.
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Editorial Note
The atom is important in reading power and religion together.