This book presents the work and ideas of the Syrian writer Muhammad Shahrur to the English-speaking world.
He has published extensively on religious thought and practices in contemporary Syria and Egypt..
Phil (1999) in Islamic Studies, University of Leipzig, is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam at the University of Manchester (UK).
Andreas Christmann, Dr.
A Professor of Civil Engineering (Emeritus) at the University of Damascus, he has written since 1990 five major books in Arabic on the Qur\'an and Islam in the modern world that have attracted widespread interest in the Middle East and elsewhere.
About the Author: Muhammad Shahrur was born in Damascus in 1938.
That message is one that has endured through each period of human history in which Islam has existed, encouraging Muslims to apply the most contemporary perspective available to interpret the Qur\'an\'s meaning.
Shahrur\'s innovative interpretation of the Qur\'an offers groundbreaking new ideas, based on his conviction that centuries of historical Islam, including scholarship in the traditional Islamic religious sciences, have obscured or even obliterated the Qur\'an\'s progressive and revolutionary message.
Often described as the \'Martin Luther of Islam, \' he offers a liberal, progressive reading of Islam that aims to counter the influences of religious fundamentalism and radical politics.
Shahrur is at the moment the most innovative intellectual thinker in the Arab Middle East.
This book presents the work and ideas of the Syrian writer Muhammad Shahrur to the English-speaking world
