Open AccessISLAMIC HERMENEUTICS AND EXEGESIS AS THE CONSTITUTIVE BASIS OF THE 'ULAMĀ' SOCIAL INSTITUTE
Author(s) -
Rustam Gibadullin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
islam v sovremennom mire
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-7221
pISSN - 2074-1529
DOI - 10.22311/2074-1529-2018-14-4-149-172
Subject(s) - hermeneutics , exegesis , institution , islam , phenomenon , epistemology , functionalism (philosophy of mind) , sociology , social phenomenon , state (computer science) , islamic economics , social institution , social science , philosophy , theology , mathematics , algorithm
The article is devoted to the problem of criteria of sociological assessment of the state of the institute of ulama. In solving this problem, the author suggests starting from that fundamental understanding of the nature of the phenomenon of social institution, which is developed within the framework of structural functionalism. In accordance with this, the phenomenon of the institution of the Ulema derives from the Islamic ideas of hermeneutics / exegesis, which constitute and legitimize this institution. Thus, the idea of the sacral component of Islamic hermeneutics / exegetics predetermines for the ulama the basic institutional principle of continuity with the tradition of the Prophet. On this basis, the author formulates some key sociologically measurable criteria for the state of the institution of the Ulema in Russia.