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Understanding the Qurʾanic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age
About this book
Understanding the Qur?anic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age explores the ways in which meaningful implications have been drawn from stories of miracles in the Qur?an. Isra Yazicioglu describes the fascinating medieval Muslim debate over miracles and connects its insights with early and late modern turning points in Western thought and with contemporary Qur?anic interpretation. Building on an apparent tension within the Qur?an and analyzing crucial cases of classical and modern Muslim engagement with these miracle stories, she illustrates how an apparent site of conflict between faith and reason, or revelation and science, can lead to fruitful exchange.
A distinctive contribution to a new trend in Qur?anic studies, this volume reveals the presence of insightful Qur?anic interpretation outside of the traditional line-by-line commentary genre, engaging with the works of Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, and Said Nursi. Scholars of Islam, philosophy, and the intersection of science and religion will especially want to engage with Yazicioglu's study.
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Table of contents
- COVER Front
- Series Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction: The Qurʾanic Miracle Stories: A Puzzling Motif?
- Notes to Introduction
- PART 1: A Medieval Muslim Debate
- Chapter 1: In Defense of a Literal Reading of Miracles: Ghazali’s Case for Contingency and Grace
- Notes to Chapter 1
- Chapter 2: Cautious Approach to Miracle Stories: Ibn Rushd’s Case for Rationalism and Divine Wisdom
- Notes to Chapter 2
- PART 2: Reframing the Debate on Miracles in Modern Terms
- Chapter 3: David Hume on Empiricism, Common Sense, and Miracles
- Notes to Chapter 3
- Chapter 4: Charles S. Peirce on Pragmatism, Science, and Miracles
- Notes to Chapter 4
- PART 3: Contemporary Connections
- Chapter 5: Said Nursi’s Contemporary Reading of Qurʾanic Miracle Stories
- Notes to Chapter 5
- Conclusion: Qurʾanic Hermeneutics in the Modern Age
- Notes to Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- COVER Back