Hermeneutics, scriptural politics, and human rights: between text and context

This book articulates the relationships involving hermeneutics and scripturalpolitics in the complex fields of religious freedom and human rights, with particular focus on women and minorities in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. INDICE: Introduction; M.A.M.Salih , B.de Gaay Fortman & K.Martens PART I: HERMENEUTICS, COMMUNITIES OF READERS AND CONTEXT Religious Identity, Difference and Human Rights: The Crucial Role of Hermeneutics; M.A.M.Salih & B.de Gaay Fortman Islamic Texts, Democracy, and the Rule of Law: Towards a Hermeneutics of Conciliation; S.Haq Interpretation in Canon Law: Faith or Reason; P.Brown Judicial Textualism: An Analysis of Textualism as Applied to the United States Constitution; H.Philipse Arbitrary Readings? Christianity and Islam as Capricious Hermeneutic Communities; K.Steenbrink Changing Hermeneutics in Reading andUnderstanding the Bible: The Case of the Gospel of Mark; G.van Oyen PART II: HERMENEUTIC, SCRIPTUAL POLITICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS The Qur'an and Religious Freedom; A.Mirmoosavi Dignitatis Humanae. A Hermeneutic Perspective on Religious Freedom as Interpreted by the Roman Catholic Church; K.Martens Strangers and Residents: The Hermeneutic Challenge of Non-Jewish Minorities in Israel; D.Weissman Religious Texts as Models for Exclusion. Scriptural Interpretation and Ethnic Politics in Northern Nigeria; N.Kastfelt Jihad from a Shi'a Hermeneutic Perspective; S.Haghighat Views on Women in Early Christianity: International Hermeneutics in Tertullian and Augustine; W.Otten Women's Rights and the Interpretation of Islamic Texts: The Practice of Female Genital Mutilation; I.Touray

• ISBN: 978-0-230-62223-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 14/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés