Insider Vs Religion

In all three passages, each passage counts as an example of either Religious studies or Religious insider. Also, each passage individually represents its own themes. Religious studies could be defined as the history of religion. This deals with more of an outsider’s perspective along with descriptions of things and people. While also focusing on what people are doing. Whereas, Religious insider is the truth and purposes that are shaped by religious thinking and focuses on what the Gods are doing. This concept deals with normative values and also metaphysics which is reality that is beyond the natural world. Both of these methods, Religious studies and Religious insider can differ from each other because of the different content and meaning

My first piece of evidence to support my claim would be that this passage is subjectivity. This is because, the claims being made in this passage are depending on a personal point of view. A quote that supports this is, “Together, these legal judgements, prayers, and narrative passages from a unity by virtue of their status as God’s words, revealed to the Prophet of Muhammad” (Wiley-Blackwell). This quote explains that these words are coming from God himself and are being passed to Muhammad. Next, I would say that this is more of an insider’s point of view. This is because the passage is being written as if you have to be a part of the religion to understand what is going on. The text says, “Many passages of the Qur’an narrate incidents in the lives of pre-Islamic Hebrew and Arabian prophets and show how the resistance and hardship Muhammad faced in his mission to guide others to God is mirrored in the righteous struggles of his ancestors in faith” (Wiley-Blackwell). Normative judgements is the next concept that I found while reading. The texts discussed how God came to the conclusion that what had happened to Khawla was wrong by saying, “God confirmed Khawla’s conviction that what had been done to her was unjust and was to be prohibited by law” (Wiley-Blackwell). This implies that this religion takes value in what actions are viewed as right or

This passage is describing the history of the religion and how Muslims believe in Prophets. Also, how they came to the conclusion of trusting these Prophets. The passage says, “The generally held Muslim view of revelation is that it is an initiative of God who reveals His Will to humanity through chosen Prophets” (Saeed). More specifically, Muslims normally refer to a Prophet by the name of Muhammad. Another example that is stated about the history is when the author talks about how Muslims believe in a huge number of different Prophets. Muhammad whom is the most known Prophet got his position because he, “Experienced the presence of the ‘voice’ of God in his heart and was able to describe it only in metaphorical terms” (Saeed). I feel that this quote is explaining in a way that God passed everything down to Muhammad. In this passage, bracketing can be seen when Muhammad is being discussed. In the passage, it talks about how Muhammad received all his content and knowledge from a source outside of him. Saeed say, “He always maintained that he did not have any influence on the actual content of the revelation” (Saeed). This is saying that Muhammad did not just make these things but these were got this information from a person God or someone that held ranking or power. Objectivity is another concept that is seen. The claims made in this reading are verified apart from a personal point of view. Lastly, I feel that in this