Larsson et al./Building Blocks, 6. Qur'ans through the Lens of Moral Foundations

Jonas Svensson’s chapter is an attempt to explore the usefulness of the BBA to the study of Islam by applying a theory of a building block type (Moral Foundations Theory) to a topic that falls well within the classical boundaries of the study of religions, namely Qur’an translations. Utilizing methods developed elsewhere to quantify moral foundations in texts with the help of computers, Svensson searches for possible patterns in the translations and considers how these patterns may be related to previous, ongoing, and future research within the field of Islamic studies.