The Provocative Qur'an
VIRTUE AND SELF-BUILDING (A PROVOCATION)
Chapter 1: The Ideal Of Virtue
The Beginning of a Provocation
Chapter 2: The Quality Of Virtue—a Rewarding Event
A Provocation: Choosing Romanticism Over Sentimentalism
An Instigation: The Nuts and Bolts of ‘Being Good’
The Prescription: Successful Execution of Virtue
Virtue and Self-building—The Connection
Chapter 3: An Introduction to Self-Building
Understanding Taqwa: A Proxy for Being Good
Navigational Skills to Hold the Rudder
Handling the Winds: Favorable and Unfavorable
THE FOUR EPOCHS (AN INSTIGATION)
Abraham as a Self-Transformative Event
Delivering the Goods: The Benefits of Abraham’s Worldview
Better Ways to Relate to People
Doubts, Reassurance and Reaffirmation
Self-Honest Mission and the Outside World
A Match with Surprising Results
A Connection; Moving Beyond Moses
The Formative Years: A Miracle With a Purpose
An Outlook Faithful to Self-honesty
Rethinking Ourselves; Self-Discovery Through the Gospel
The Great Paradox
UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY (PRESCRIPTION)
Paradise Promised: The Purpose of Traditional Religion
Paradise Lost: The Problem with Traditional Religion
Paradise Regained: Abraham’s Cure
Traditional Judaism: The Promise of the Torah
Chapter 10: The Present Dilemma
Chapter 11: Rewriting the Future
Complementing the Selected Religion
Equal Opportunity for all Creeds, Ethnic groups and Races