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Open-Mindedness and the Companions of the Cave: Qur'an and the Temporal Elaboration of Muslim Subjectivity.
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Islam & Christian-Muslim Relations . Apr2022, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p167-190. 24p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This essay is an attempt to think about, and think with, liberal critiques of Muslim religious commitments. Through an analysis of Akeel Bilgrami's critique of Muslim identity, together with a consideration of the virtue of open-mindedness, the article turns to the qur'anic parable about the companions of the cave in chapter 18 of the Qur'an (The Cave) to find the lineaments of a temporal conception of Muslim subjectivity, a conception that allows for a theologically informed possibility, or rather imperative, of the virtue of open-mindedness and also hope. The essay uncovers the theological-ethical implications implicit in the qur'anic pericope about the companions of the cave and models how religious ethics can help recover resources within religious traditions (in a qur'anic parable in the present case and especially the apparently puzzling verses of Q 18.23–4) that can allow for more humane possibilities of living authentically Muslim lives in liberal, secular contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MUSLIMS
*SUBJECTIVITY
*VIRTUE ethics
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09596410
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Islam & Christian-Muslim Relations
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157442542
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09596410.2022.2079257