| Weight | 0.34 kg |
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| ISBN | 1851680675 |
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| Publication Date | 2006 |
| Pages | 208 |
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| Author Description | Kenneth Cragg is a distinguished scholar of Islamic and Christian Studies, whose many books on the world of Islam, the Middle East and interfaith themes have become classics in their field. He is also the translator of four Arabic works into English, including City of Wrong (also published by One world). Bishop Cragg obtained his doctorate at Oxford University, and has served in academic and ecclesiastical posts in Jerusalem, Beirut, Cairo, Nigeria and the USA. In retirement he serves as an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Oxford. |
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THE EVENT OF THE QUR’AN
ISLAM IN ITS SCRIPTURE
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Kenneth Cragg describes his authoritative book The Event of the Qur’an as “an exercise in religious enquiry and in trans-religious openness of the heart in the common context of our single humanity and our separate histories.”
The question “what happens in the Qur’an?” holds profound historical fascination as well as being a matter of great religious sensitivity to all readers, regardless of background. The separate events of Islamic scripture are not difficult to arrange and to chronicle, but what kind of event does the whole of the Qur’an represent? What is the inner story of the prophet hood that Islam regards as God’s final revelation for humanity? How did geographical setting, culture and traditions enter into the Qur’an’s metaphors and shape its message? And how, finally, should it be related to our times, to current values and present preoccupations?
These are the questions addressed by Kenneth Cragg in this fascinating study, and in his search for answers to them he presents readers with a uniquely comprehensive vision of the Qur’an, its context and its wider meanings. This scholarly yet inspiring work offers a valuable and lasting contribution to humanity’s urgent quest for interfaith understanding and true spirituality.
ISBN: 1851680675
Publisher: KOGAN PAGE
Subtitle: ISLAM IN ITS SCRIPTURE
Author: KENNETH CRAGG
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