Hermeneutics, Scriptural Politics, and Human Rights

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • M. A. Mohamed Salih, Bas Gaay de Fortman, Kurt Martens

      Pages 1-18

3. Hermeneutics, Communities of Readers, and Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Religious Identity, Differences, and Human Rights

      • M. A. Mohamed Salih, Bas Gaay de Fortman

      Pages 21-35

   3. Islamic Texts, Democracy, and the Rule of Law

      • Salman Haq

      Pages 37-51

   4. Interpretation in Canon Law

      • Phillip J. Brown

      Pages 53-68

   5. Judicial Textualism

      • Herman Philipse

      Pages 69-79

   6. Arbitrary Readings?

      • Karel Steenbrink

      Pages 81-98

   7. Changing Hermeneutics in Reading and Understanding the Bible

      • Geert van Oyen

      Pages 99-121

4. Hermeneutics, Religious Freedom, and Exclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. The Qur’an and Religious Freedom

      • Ali Mirmoosavi

      Pages 125-142

   3. Dignitatis Humanae

      • Kurt Martens

      Pages 143-161

   4. Strangers and Residents

      • Deborah Weissman

      Pages 163-183

   5. Religious Texts as Models for Exclusion

      • Niels Kastfelt

      Pages 185-204

   6. In the Name of Allah

      • Seyed Sadegh Haghighat

      Pages 205-217

   7. Views on Women in Early Christianity

      • Willemien Otten

      Pages 219-235

   8. Women’s Rights and the Interpretation of Islamic Texts

      • Isatou Touray

      Pages 237-251

5. Back Matter

   Pages 253-277

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This book articulates the relationships involving hermeneutics and scriptural politics in the complex fields of religious freedom and human rights, with particular focus on women and minorities in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

• Christianity
• democracy
• hermeneutics
• human rights
• Tertullian
• religion and society

"One may agree or disagree with the specific viewpoint of a given author but the essays are thought-provoking and stimulating nonetheless. Given the lack of information about Islam and Christianity and the various approaches to their texts, this book will serve an important function in stimulating dialogue on such topics." - Robert J. Kaslyn, School of Canon Law, Catholic University of America

• Utrecht University School of Law, The Netherlands

  Bas Gaay Fortman

• School of Canon Law, Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA

  Kurt Martens

• Institute of Social Studies and The Hague and the Department of Political Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands

  M. A. Mohamed Salih

BAS DE GAAY FORTMAN is the Chair in Political Economy of Human Rights at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

KURT MARTENS is Assistant Professor Canon Law at the Catholic University of America, USA.

M.A.MOHAMED SALIH is Professor of Politics of Development at both the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and the Department of Political Science at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.

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