Approaches to the Qur'an in contemporary Indonesia / edited by Abdullah Saeed.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface / Anthony H. Johns -- Introduction: the Qur'an, interpretation and the Indonesian context / Abdullah Saeed -- Qur'anic exegesis in the Malay - Indonesian world: an introductory survey / Anthony H. Johns -- Hamka's method in interpreting legal verses of the Qur'an / Milhan Yusuf -- Purposive exegesis: a study of Quraish Shihab's thematic interpretation of the Qur'an / Muhammadiyah Amin, Kusmana -- The controversy around H.B. Jassin: a study of his al-Quranu'l-Karim Bacaan Mulia and al-Qur'an al-Karim Berwajah Puisi / Yusuf Rahman -- A contextual approach to the Qur'an / Taufik Adnan Amal, Samsu Rizal Panggabean -- Sacred and profane law in the Indonesian context: the case of the bequest verse / Ratno Lukito -- Abortion and the Qur'an: a need for reinterpretation in Indonesia? / Lies Marcoes-Natsir -- The Indonesian Muslim women's movement and the issue of polygamy: the 'Aisyiyah interpretation of Qur'an 4:3 and 4:129 / Ro'fah Mudzakir -- The use and abuse of Qur'anic verses in contemporary Indonesian politics / Azyumardi Azra -- Interpreting the Qur'anic principle of religious pluralism / Nurcholish Madjid.