Post date: Nov 03, 2016 6:38:1 PM
“God’s call was not the only call, however, to which Meccans could respond. Indeed, the discursive tradition posits multiple calls- competing sources of command, invitation, and incitation- to which humans will be subjected” (5).
How does the idea of competing calls both undermine and reinforce the great and little tradition model?
In what way does technology create diversity of the community rather than unity? How does new technology expand accessibility to the Quran to create a more diverse community with different interpretations of how to practice the text? How does this accessibility relate to Eisenstadt’s article about mass-education?