Islam: Essays on Scripture, Thought and Society - A Festschrift in Honour of Anthony H.Johns (Islamic Philosophy, Theology & Science: Texts & ... Theology and Science. Texts and Studies)

Edited By Peter G. Riddell And Tony Street. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [341]-356) And Index. Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Table of Contents 7 Preface 9 Contributors 11 Introduction 15 Anthony Hearle Johns 21 List of A.H. Johns' Publications 37 PART I 47 On Qurʾanic Exegetes and Exegesis 49 Islamicist as Interpreter 96 The Transmission of Narrative-Based Exegesis in Islam 103 Translation as Exegesis 127 Analogical and Syllogistic Reasoning in Grammar and Law 150 Currents and Countercurrents 159 Concerning the Life and Works of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī 181 Eighteenth Century Sufi Brotherhoods 193 Mass Producing Houri's Moles 207 PART II 231 Sunan Kalijaga and the Rise of Mataram 233 From Śakti to Shahāda 265 Islam and the Reign of Pakubuwana II, 1726-49 283 Pancasila Plus, Pancasila Minus 299 Muslim Creative Commercial Minorities 323 Al-Manār and Ahmad Soorkattie 341 Kaum Muda and Kaum Tua in West Java 355 "Fundamentalism" Reconsidered 370 Bibliography 387 General Index 403 ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE 409 This volume comprises 17 articles on various aspects of Islamic Studies, brought together to celebrate the scholarly work of Professor A.H. Johns, which spans Islam of the medieval Middle East and Islam in Southeast Asia. The first part of the book contains 9 articles which deal with Islam as a scriptural religion, concerned to revere and interpret the Qur'ān, and promote the spread and doctrinal purity of Islam. Subjects included are Qur'anic exegesis, problems of translating the Qur'ān into Chinese, and analyses of the theological reasoning used by Muslim scholars. The second part of the book contains 8 articles which deal with Islam in Southeast Asia, especially Javanese Islam and modern articulations of Islam inspired by Muḥammad 'Abduh. Subjects dealt with include the Islamisation of the Javanese Court, and the impact of the journal al-Manār on religious discussion in the archipelago This volume contains 17 articles on various aspects of Islamic thought in the Middle East and in Southeast Asia. The first 9 articles concentrate especially on the Qur’ān and its exegesis, Kalām and Sufism; the second 8 articles deal with Javanese Islam, and with Islam and modernity in Southeast Asia. This volume contains 17 articles on various aspects of Islamic thought in the Middle East and in Southeast Asia. The first 9 articles concentrate especially on the Qur'an and its exegesis, Kalam and Sufism; the second 8 articles deal with Javanese Islam, and with Islam and modernity in Southeast Asia.