"In Between Heaven and Hell, eminent and up-and-coming scholars representing a diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints address the question of non-Muslim salvation: according to the Islamic ethos (however understood), what can be said about the status and fate of non-Muslims? Each of the volume's contributors responds to this often asked "salvation question"-a question with profound theological and practical implications-from different angles: while some limit themselves to its historical dimensions, others approach it as theologians and philosophers, while yet others focus on the relationship between this-worldly relations with Others and next-worldly conceptions of salvation. Collectively and individually, the essays in this volume advance our understanding of Islamic thought and Muslim societies and indeed the discourse on religious diversity. This groundbreaking volume does not conclude with neat resolutions; instead, it offers fascinating expositions, debates, and points of departure for further contemplation. Contributors include Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Tariq Ramadan, William C. Chittick, Farid Esack, Mohammad Fadel, David M. Freidenreich, Marcia Hermansen, Jerusha Lamptey, Bruce B. Lawrence, Muhammad Legenhausen, Yasir Qadhi, A. Kevin Reinhart, Sajjad Rizvi, Reza Shah-Kazemi, and Tim Winter."--Publisher's description

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Between Heaven and Hell : Islam, Salvation, and the Fate of Others

edited by Mohammad Hassan Khalil

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Oxford, New York [N.Y.], England, 2013

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Cover 1
Contents 6
Foreword: Salvation—The Known and the Unknown 10
Acknowledgments 16
A Note on Conventions 18
Contributors 20
Introduction: Grappling with the Salvation Question 26
PART I: Historical Dimensions 34
1. Failures of Practice or Failures of Faith: Are Non-Muslims Subject to the Sharia? 36
2. “No Salvation Outside Islam”: Muslim Modernists, Democratic Politics, and Islamic Theological Exclusivism 58
PART II: Diversity and Mercy 86
3. The Ambiguity of the Qur’anic Command 125
4. Beyond Polemics and Pluralism: The Universal Message of the Qur’an 110
PART III: Supersessionism and Mercy 130
5. The Path of Allah or the Paths of Allah? Revisiting Classical and Medieval Sunni Approaches to the Salvation of Others 132
6. Realism and the Real: Islamic Theology and the Problem of Alternative Expressions of God 145
PART IV: Reconceptualizing Pluralism 174
7. Nonreductive Pluralism and Religious Dialogue 176
8. Oneself as the Saved Other? The Ethics and Soteriology of Difference in Two Muslim Thinkers 203
PART V: Otherness and the Qur’an 228
9. The Portrayal of Jews and the Possibilities for Their Salvation in the Qur’an 230
10. Embracing Relationality and Theological Tensions: Muslima Theology, Religious Diversity, and Fate 257
PART VI: Otherness and Inclusion/Exclusion 276
11. The Food of the Damned 278
12. Acts of Salvation: Agency, Others, and Prayer Beyond the Grave in Islam 296
13. Citizen Ahmad among the Believers: Salvation Contextualized in Indonesia and Egypt 311
Glossary of Select Terms 336
A 336
B 336
C 336
D 336
F 336
G 336
H 336
I 337
J 337
K 337
M 337
N 338
P 338
Q 338
R 338
S 338
T 339
U 339
W 339
Z 339
Index 340
A 340
B 341
C 341
D 342
E 343
F 343
G 344
H 344
I 345
J 346
K 346
L 347
M 347
N 348
O 349
P 349
Q 350
R 351
S 351
T 353
U 353
V 354
W 354
Y 354
Z 354
Index of Qur’anic Verses 356

Introduction: grappling with the salvation question / Mohammad Hassan Khalil -- Failures of practice or failures of faith: are non-Muslims subject to the sharia? / A. Kevin Reinhart -- "No salvation outside Islam": Muslim modernists, democratic politics, and Islamic theological exclusivism / Mohammad Fadel -- The ambiguity of the Qur'anic command / William C. Chittick -- Beyond polemics and pluralism: the universal message of the Qur'an / Reza Shah-Kazemi -- The path of Allah or the paths of Allah? Revisiting classical and medieval Sunni approaches to the salvation of others / Yasir Qadhi -- Realism and the real: Islamic theology and the problem of alternative expressions of God / Tim Winter -- Non-reductive pluralism and religious dialogue / Muhammad Legenhausen -- Oneself as the saved other? the ethics and soteriology of difference in two Muslim thinkers / Sajjad Rizvi -- The portrayal of Jews and the possibilities for their salvation in the Qur'an / Farid Esack -- Embracing relationality and theological tensions: Muslima theology, religious diversity, and fate / Jerusha Lamptey -- The food of the damned / David M. Freidenreich -- Acts of salvation: agency, others, and prayer beyond the grave in Islam / Marcia Hermansen -- Citizen Ahmad among the believers: salvation contextualized in Indonesia and Egypt / Bruce B. Lawrence

Between Heaven and Hell explores the diverse and novel approaches taken by scholars of Islam when addressing the important topic of soteriology (the discourse and doctrines of salvation) and the fate of Others.

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