Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-293) and index.
Contents:
The Qur'an and modern tafsir -- Islamic reform, tafsir, and religious diversity -- Reformist Muslim approach to medieval Qur'an commentaries -- Towards understanding the Qur'an's polemical texts -- The Qur'an and its polemical context -- The ambiguity of Qur'anic criticisms -- Is the Qur'an supersessionist? -- Contesting the theology of exclusivist salvation -- al-Islam as the only true path to salvation -- Between inclusive and exclusive Islam -- Re-interpreting the superiority of Islam -- The falsification of Jewish and Christian scriptures -- The charge of scriptural distortion -- The concealment of truth -- Between twisting the tongues and writing the book with hands -- Qur'anic denials of sonship, human-divinity and trinity -- ''Son of God'' -- The divine nature of Jesus -- Trinitarian doctrine -- Inter-religious restrictions and engagements -- A. treatment of non-Muslim dhimmis -- Griendship with the unbelievers -- Obstacles to inter-religious relations.
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