TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lazhar,Chauki
TI  - Vicegerency in Islamic thought and scripture: towards a Qur'anic theory of human existential function 
T2  - Routledge studies in Islamic philosophy
SN  - 9781003335948
U1  - 297.2 23/eng/20230119
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Qurʼan
KW  - Theological anthropology
KW  - Islam
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - Islamic renewal
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / Theology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / General
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings
N2  - "This book explores the reasons for the creation of humanity on Earth from the perspective of ancient and contemporary Muslim thinkers, aiming to lay the outlines of a Qur'anic theory of human existential function. The author proceeds from the assumption that, until now, contemporary Islamic scholarship has suffered from the absence of theorisation about a Qur'anic conception of human existential function (vicegerency), lacking a unified philosophical and epistemological frame of reference. Challenging common perceptions among contemporary Muslim reformists regarding the human existential function, the author examines both classical and contemporary thought as well as conducting a thorough and comprehensive analysis of Qur'anic passages that ground the theory of vicegerency within a cosmic scheme. Ultimately, a new approach for understanding the human existential function from within the Qur'anic worldview is proposed. For the first time then, this book offers an integral induction and categorisation of Qur'anic teleological concepts, combining them within a coherent framework that reveals the outlines of a vicegerency theory and a Qur'anic worldview. Suitable for both scholars and laypersons, the book serves as a landmark textbook in the fields of Islamic Philosophy, Theological Anthropology and Qur'anic Studies"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003335948
ER  -