a critical study of armstrong’s view on myth in the qurʾān with an emphasis on the phenomenological approach

Myth in the quran is one of the topics that has been studied by western qurʾānic scholars. the new studies of western scholars have investigated this issue with different approaches and methods, sometimes with a contextual approach and sometimes with a phenomenological approach. in the meantime, karen armstrong, using the principles and characteristics of the phenomenological approach, has studied the myth in religions, especially in islam and the qurʾān. she considers all the events mentioned in the holy books of the three abrahamic monotheistic religions to be myths, although there may be historical events behind them, but over centuries this historical event has become the source of religious inspiration and the center of religious spirituality. to transform and enter the lives and hearts of believing and worshiping generations, it must be recreated in the form of a myth along with actions and rituals. karen armstrong is a british author and commentator who has written many works in the field of islam and the quran. the comparative and phenomenological approach to religion is one of the main characteristics of her works. like other mythologists, she introduces myth as an event that once happened in some way, but at the same time always happens.

a critical study of armstrong’s view on myth in the qurʾān with an emphasis on the phenomenological approach

myth in the quran is one of the topics that has been studied by western qurʾānic scholars. the new studies of western scholars have investigated this issue with different approaches and methods, sometimes with a contextual approach and sometimes with a phenomenological approach. in the meantime, karen armstrong, using the principles and characteristics of the phenomenological approach, has studied the myth in religions, especially in islam and the qurʾān. she considers all the events mentioned in the holy books of the three abrahamic monotheistic religions to be myths, although there may be historical events behind them, but over centuries this historical event has become the source of religious inspiration and the center of religious spirituality. to transform and enter the lives and hearts of believing and worshiping generations, it must be recreated in the form of a myth along with actions and rituals. karen armstrong is a british author and commentator who has written many works in the field of islam and the quran. the comparative and phenomenological approach to religion is one of the main characteristics of her works. like other mythologists, she introduces myth as an event that once happened in some way, but at the same time always happens.