F. Isac’s Qur’anic Hermeneutics in Context of Islamic Liberation Theology
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2021-17-4-63-78
Abstract
Farid Esack is a modern Islamic scholar of South African origin who suggests original Qur’anic hermeneutics in the scope of theology of liberation. The characteristics of his theology considered in this article are: the praxis of liberation, contextualism, scrupulous textual analysis, hermeneutics oriented at struggle with institutions of oppression. It is noted that his hermeneutics diff ers from the hermeneutics of other theologians of liberation — he represents the praxis of liberation as a main task of theology of liberation. His method is not only theoretical scholarly speculative exercise on textual interpretation, at the same it inspires and encourages people for changes in society, for enhancement the lives of people where justice comes as its necessary fundamental stipulation. His refl ective theology is an intellectual response to the challenges of postmodern world aimed at establishing such virtues in society as justice, freedom, mercy and setting up more egalitarian Islamic society.
About the Author
A. A. Zakirov
Centre for Islamic Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Aidar A. ZAKIROV, research fellow
9, Klenovaya Str., Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, 420056
Competing Interests:
no
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Zakirov A.A. F. Isac’s Qur’anic Hermeneutics in Context of Islamic Liberation Theology. Islam in the modern world. 2021;17(4):63-78. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2021-17-4-63-78
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