1st Edition
The Qur'an between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic An Exegetical Tradition
By Susan Gunasti
Copyright 2019
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Qur’an between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic is one of the few book-length studies on an Ottoman Qur’an commentary. Its premise is that "the Ottoman Empire" did not come to an end until 1950 so far as Islam was concerned in Turkey. The work explores the relationship between Elmalılı’s Qur’an commentary and the intellectual trends of the period, including the impact of... Read more
Introduction 1. A Religious Scholar’s Life in a Tumultuous Period 2. Qur’an Commentary in the Nineteenth Century 3. Commissioning a Qur’an Commentary Suitable for the Modern Period 4. The Philosophical Context of Elmalılı’s Religious Understanding 5. Hak Dîni and Its Contemporary Concerns Conclusion
Biography
Susan Gunasti is an associate professor of religion at Ohio Wesleyan University. She obtained her doctorate from Princeton University from the Department of Religion. Her research interests are Qur’an commentary, Islam in the Ottoman Empire, and Islamic political thought.
