Scripture, Reason, and the Contemporary Islam-West Encounter

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction: Studying the Western “Other,” Understanding The Islamic “Self”

   1. Introduction: Studying the Western “Other,” Understanding The Islamic “Self”

      • Kelton Cobb

      Pages 1-5

3. Islam and the West

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. The Qur’anic Self, The Biblical Other and the Contemporary Islam-West Encounter

      • Basit Bilal Koshul

      Pages 9-38

   3. “Voltaire’s Bastards”: A Response to Koshul

      • Muhammad Suheyl Umar

      Pages 39-67

   4. Islam: A Dissenting Prophetic Voice within the Modern World

      • Yamine Mermer

      Pages 69-104

4. The West and Islam

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Islam as Our Other, Islam as Ourselves

      • Steven Kepnes

      Pages 107-121

   3. Beyond Logics of Preservation and Burial: The Display of Distance and Proximity of Traditions in Scriptural Reasoning

      • Nicholas Adams

      Pages 123-132

   4. Is Scriptural Reasoning Senseless?

      • Martin Kavka

      Pages 133-146

5. Reflections on Scripture, Reason, and the Contemporary Islam-West Encounter

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Ishmael and the Enlightenment’s Crise De Coeur

      • Tim Winter

      Pages 149-175

   3. From Two to Three: To Know Is Also to Know the Context of Knowing

      • Peter Ochs

      Pages 177-199

   4. Developing Scriptural Reasoning Further

      • David F. Ford

      Pages 201-219

6. Back Matter

   Pages 221-228

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The unique essays in this collection use the underlying allegiance to scripture in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity to underscore the deep affinities between the three monotheistic traditions while at the same time encouraging respect for the differences between the traditions to be preserved.

• Christianity
• Islam
• Judaism

• School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

  Basit Bilal Koshul

• Colgate University, UK

  Steven Kepnes

STEVEN KEPNES is Murray W. and Mildred K. Finard Chair of Jewish Studies and Professor and Chair, Department of Religion, Colgate University, USA.

BASIT BILAL KOSHUL is Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.

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