Online research in philosophy

Review of Richard B. Miller, Terror, Religion, and Liberal Thought Content Type Journal Article Pages 713-715 DOI 10.1007/s11841-011-0267-z Authors Bruce B. Lawrence, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 Journal Volume Volume 50 Journal Issue Volume 50, Number 4.

Review of Stan van Hooft, Hope Content Type Journal Article Pages 697-699 DOI 10.1007/s11841-011-0280-2 Authors Nancy E. Snow, Department of Philosophy, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 Journal Volume Volume 50 Journal Issue Volume 50, Number 4.

Review of Sharad Deshpande (ed.), The Philosophy of G.R. Malkani Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-3 DOI 10.1007/s11841-011-0294-9 Authors William Sweet, Department of Philosophy, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5, Canada Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 .

Review of Amyn B. Sajoo (ed.), A Companion to Muslim Ethics Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-3 DOI 10.1007/s11841-011-0293-x Authors Bruce B. Lawrence, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 .

Review of Robert Wilkinson, Nishida and Western Philosophy Content Type Journal Article Pages 505-507 DOI 10.1007/s11841-011-0251-7 Authors Leah Kalmanson, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Drake University, Des Moines, IA 50311, USA Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 Journal Volume Volume 50 Journal Issue Volume 50, Number 3.

The Tree of Life Written and Directed by Terrence Malick, Palme d’Or, Cannes 2011 Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-2 DOI 10.1007/s11841-011-0277-x Authors Patrick Hutchings, SOPHIA, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 .

Review of Avital Wohlman, Al-Ghazali, Averroës and the Interpretation of the Qur'an: Common Sense and Philosophy in Islam, Translated by David Burrell Content Type Journal Article Pages 637-639 DOI 10.1007/s11841-010-0207-3 Authors Scott Girdner, Western Kentucky University, 1906 college Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 Journal Volume Volume 49 Journal Issue Volume 49, Number 4.

Hazel Rowley: Obituary Content Type Journal Article Pages 313-313 DOI 10.1007/s11841-011-0255-3 Authors Patrick Hutchings, School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 Journal Volume Volume 50 Journal Issue Volume 50, Number 2.

Review of Ian Almond, History of Islam in German Thought: From Leibniz to Nietzsche Content Type Journal Article Pages 709-711 DOI 10.1007/s11841-011-0279-8 Authors Bradley L. Herling, Marymount Manhattan College, 221 E. 71st St., New York, NY 10021, USA Journal Sophia Online ISSN 1873-930X Print ISSN 0038-1527 Journal Volume Volume 50 Journal Issue Volume 50, Number 4.

This paper highlights the contributions of three major Islamicists, Louis Massignon, Henry Corbin, and Frithjof Schuon, to the understanding of the Qur’ân. Their works point to the epistemologic primacy of the contemplative and esoteric dimensions of the Book. Its linguistic texture and modalities are here understood as expressing the very limits of language, the proportional reciprocity between the actualization of inner meaning and spiritual fruition, and its ultimate metaphysical substance. These principles and their spiritual consequences may constitute the best antidote to contemporary fundamentalist and modernist reductionism in scriptural hermeneutics.