This index gathers the structure within The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought and links it to the index of claims.
Structure pages
- The crisis of the Arab mind stems from inherited epistemic tools that obstruct the production of knowledge
- Islam, in Shahrur’s view, is a pluralistic value framework, not a coercive ritual system
- Islam, in Shahrur’s view, is a value framework that consolidates conceptual distinction and plurality
- Plurality is a Qur’anic condition for development, whereas monism produces ruin and tyranny
- The civil state in the Muhammadan message derives its legitimacy from human beings and governs by law
- Inherited jurisprudence is a historical human construction that does not possess authority equal to that of the Qur’an
- Jurisprudence is a historical human heritage that does not possess authority equal to that of the Qur’an
- The contemporary reading of the Qur’an breaks with inherited tradition and rests on a scientific method
- The Qur’an is a renewing reference that requires a contemporary reading and open-ended ijtihad
- The pluralistic civil system is the alternative to religious and political monism