Scriptural Reasoning - Dakake, Maria

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Acknowledgments xii

Chapter 1 Introduction: Come...

Sommaire:
Let Us Reason Together 1

The History of SR 4

Muslim Engagement in SR (Mahan Mirza) 8

The Practice of SR and How to Use This Book 11

Texts to Use for an SR Session 16

Chapter 2 Delving Deeper: Guidelines and Practical Advice 17

Fifteen Guidelines of SR 18

What Is Abrahamic SR? 18

Scriptures as Living Texts 18

Scripture's Surplus of Meaning 19

Scriptural Warrants for SR 19

Bringing Your Internal Library- Nothing Is Alien, The Text Is Judge 20

SR Space as a Tent of Meeting 20

SR and Prophetic Critique 21

SR, Religion and Conflict Resolution 22

Preserve Difference, Establish Relations 22

Themes, Hypotheses, and the Interrogative Mood 23

SR and Commentary Texts 23

SR Theory and Scholarship 24

Monotheism and Beyond 24

Our Time and the End Time 25

How SR Is Done 26

Texts to Use for an SR Session 32

Chapter 3 But Isn't Religion the Problem? 34

Isn't Religion Just a Problem? 35

The Reassertion of Religion 40

Shouldn't Religious People Just Become a Bit Less Religious, Then? 42

The Detriments of Maximal Secularism and Attraction of Religion 46

SR As Another Way 47

Texts to Use for an SR Session 51

Chapter 4 So What Are the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Scriptures? 53

What Is Scripture: A Jewish View 54

Torah as Holy 56

Torah as Holy Object 57

What Is Scripture: A Christian View- The Bible 58

The Old Testament 59

The New Testament 61

How Christians Read and View Scripture 64

What Is Scripture in Islam? 66

The Qur'an 66

Muslim Belief Regarding the Qur'an 67

The Qur'an and Muhammad 68

The Structure and Content of the Qur'an 72

Texts to Use for an SR Session 76

Chapter 5 Are Scripture and Revelation the Same Thing for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? 78

What Is Revelation in Judaism? 79

What Happened at Sinai? 81

Revelation in the Torah 84

Revelation of God's Self 86

What Is Revelation in Christianity? 88

Natural and Special Revelation 89

Revelation and the Incarnation of God in Jesus Christ 91

Revelation Today Through the Holy Spirit 92

What Is Revelation in Islam? 94

The Qur'anic ayat: The Signs of God 95

Direct Divine Revelation: Wahy and Tanzil 99

Texts to Use for an SR Session 103

Chapter 6 Why Reasoning? 105

Reason in Scripture 107

SR Through Metaphors 108

Contemporary Philosophies of Metaphor and Religious Language 108

Interpretation: The Reason That Is Brought to Scripture 111

The Attitude of I- Thou 112

The Group Reasoning Process 115

Reflective SR 116

Application: SR as Healing 117

Texts to Use for an SR Session 119

Chapter 7 But Don't We Read with Commentaries and Traditions? 121

Jewish Practices of Reading Scripture 123

Hebrew Language and the Hebrew of Torah 124

Bereshit- Genesis 125

Pshat 126

Beyond One Study Partner 127

Rashi 129

Modern Biblical Criticism 130

Commentary and Tradition in Christianity 131

Creeds, Symbols, and Definitions 131

The Authority of Tradition in Christianity 135

Traditional Approaches to Scripture 138

Higher Biblical Criticism 140

Challenges for SR of Christian Uses of Tradition 141

What Is Commentary in Islam? 143

Complexity and Clarity in Reading Scripture 143

Tradition and Commentary 144

Tafsir 147

Tafsir and Ta'wil 148

Texts to Use for an SR Session 151

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