The Expansion and Contraction of Religious Knowledge

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philosophical book work of Islamic philosophy

The Expansion and Contraction of Religious Knowledge is a seminal work of Islamic philosophy that argues religious understanding is historically contingent, evolving, and distinct from immutable divine revelation.

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instanceOf	philosophical book ⓘ work of Islamic philosophy ⓘ
addresses	limits of religious authority ⓘ methodology of interpreting religious texts ⓘ relationship between religion and science ⓘ relationship between tradition and modernity ⓘ
argues	divine revelation is fixed while human understanding changes ⓘ no human interpretation of revelation is absolutely final ⓘ religious knowledge can contract when interpretations are revised or abandoned ⓘ religious knowledge can expand with new insights ⓘ religious knowledge evolves over time ⓘ religious knowledge is a human, fallible enterprise ⓘ religious knowledge is distinct from immutable divine revelation ⓘ religious knowledge is influenced by cultural context ⓘ religious knowledge is influenced by historical context ⓘ religious knowledge is influenced by philosophical frameworks ⓘ religious knowledge is influenced by scientific developments ⓘ religious understanding is historically contingent ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
critiques	conflation of divine revelation with human interpretation ⓘ view that religious understanding is timeless and unchanging ⓘ
distinguishesBetween	immutable divine revelation ⓘ mutable human religious understanding ⓘ
epistemicStatusOfText	treats scripture as divine but interpretations as human ⓘ
hasConcept	distinction between religion and religious knowledge ⓘ dynamic interpretation of scripture ⓘ epistemic relativity in religious understanding ⓘ fallibility of religious scholars ⓘ historicity of religious knowledge ⓘ interaction between religion and modernity ⓘ
influencedField	Islamic hermeneutics NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic reformist discourse ⓘ contemporary Islamic thought ⓘ philosophy of religion in the Muslim world ⓘ
languageOfWork	Persian ⓘ
mainTopic	Islamic philosophy of religion NERFINISHED ⓘ religious epistemology ⓘ theory of religious knowledge ⓘ
positionOnKnowledge	religious knowledge is historically situated ⓘ religious knowledge is subject to critique and revision ⓘ religious knowledge is theory-laden ⓘ
positionOnRevelation	revelation is perfect but human understanding is imperfect ⓘ
religiousBranch	Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Islam ⓘ
supports	ongoing ijtihad in Islamic thought ⓘ plurality of interpretations within Islam ⓘ

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