02596cam a2200373 a 4500 4524432 AUA.1 20151130173637.0 020325s1997 enk b 001 0 eng d 1851681213 978185168211 (OCoLC)36687008 (OCoLC)ocm36687008 (NNC)4524432 AZS AZS NNUT BP171.73 E74 1997 Esack, Farid. 20538 Qurán, liberation & pluralism : an Islamic perspective of interreligious solidarity against oppression / Farid Esack Qurán, liberation and pluralism Oxford, England ; Rockport, MA : Oneworld, c1997 xii, 288 p. ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index Contents: 1. Context -- 2. Between Text and Context -- 3. Hermeneutical Keys -- 4. Redefining Self and Other -- 5. Qur'an and the Other -- 6. Redefining Comrades and Opponents -- 7. From the Wilderness to the Promised Land. Summary: "The demise of apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s followed an unprecedented unity in struggle against oppression from members of different faith traditions. Determined as South African Muslims were to participate with the rest of the oppressed in solidarity against apartheid, this brought them into conflict with interpretations of the Qur'an that denied virtue outside Islam, and left them searching for a theology that would allow them to both co-operate against injustice and be true to their faith." "In this challenging account, Farid Esack reflects on key qur'anic passages used in the context of oppression to rethink the role of Islam in a plural society. He exposes how traditional interpretations of the Qur'an were used to legitimize an unjust order, and demonstrates that those very texts used to support religious intolerance, if interpreted within a contemporary socio-historical context, support active solidarity with the religious Other for change."--Jacket. Koran Criticism, interpretation, etc. 20539 Islam South Africa History 20th century. 20540 Apartheid South Africa Religious aspects Islam. 20541 Islam Relations. 20542 lcc BOOK BP171.73 .E74 1997 5929 5929 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2012-03-02 Bought by JTL 10.00 AUA007651 BP 171.73 .E74 1997 AUA007651 2012-03-02 00:00:00 10.00 2012-03-02 BOOK