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The True Meaning of Scripture

An Empirical Historian's Nonreductionist Interpretation of the Qur'an

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8969923
AutoresWilfred Cantwell Smith (Dalhousie University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1980
Volumen11
Número4
Páginas487-505
Fecha de publicación1980-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743800054830
OpenAlexW2316333150
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

“Religion is poetry plus, not science minus” is a bon mot that I find not only charming but perceptive. Taking a cue from that way of putting things, let me develop a suggestion that an accurate historical awareness will add to, not subtract from, our understanding of in this case scripture. At one time, the historical or historicist interpretation of religious matters was seen as subtracting; as leaving something out. It was called “reductionist”; and was contrasted with theological, or with phenomenological or other, assessments. I will contend, rather, that a true historical view enhances, rather than reduces, our apprehension of humanity's spiritual life. I hope to show how this is so

Apprehension · Art · Epistemology · Historicism · Humanity · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential · Poetry · Reductionism · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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Citas por año0,33
Intervalo de citas1984 - 2024 (41)
Velocidad de citaciónrecent
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