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So far it's just establishing where these readings will come from (pov: historical/contextual) which is great but I already know all this because I live it 🙃
So still waiting for the meat of it obviously

I have finally got to the part where she starts talking about theology. Yes, the first 100 pages are all her describing her methodology. Yes, it was great.

Challenge dariku olehku untukku

“jadi, kaum konservatif berfokus pads masa tekstual/logis dalam Alquran, bukan pada pembacaan Alquran sebagai sebuah totalitas yang diturunkan melampaui masa.”

pd dasarnya, semua yg terkandung dlm Alquran itu sifatnya timeless; cerita, nasihat, hukum, dsb. cm ttp perlu penafsiran scr kontekstual krn keadaan masy skrg beda dgn saat ayat ini diturunkan

There has been 0 theology so far. Chapter 1 is just dense philosophy of text/reading.

I love it

"To reduce what Islam is, conceptually, to what Islam has been, historically, or is in the process of becoming, would be to fail to recognise its religious quality: the relationship to the divine; the transcendent ele-ment. Indeed, Islamic truth must necessarily transcend Islamic actuality."