Natural law : a Jewish, Christian, and Islamic trialogue / Anver M. Emon, Matthew Levering, and David Novak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emon, Anver M., author.

Levering, Matthew, 1971- author.

Novak, David, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural law--Religious aspects.

Natural law.

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Judaism.

Christianity.

Islam.

Physical Description:

ix, 231 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

This book critically and constructively explores the resources offered for natural law doctrine by classical thinkers from three traditions: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic. The book is a trialogue, in which three scholars-David Novak (Jewish), Matthew Levering (Christian), and Anver M. Emon (Islamic)-each offer a programmatic essay on natural law doctrine in their particular tradition and then respond to the other two essays. Drawing on the classical sources of each religious tradition, the book reflects in a scholarly fashion upon certain philosophical, theological, and legal issues and problems regarding natural law doctrine. Readers will gain a sense for how natural law (or cognate terms) resonated with classical thinkers such as Maimonides, Origen, Augustine, al-Ghazali, and numerous others. Indeed, the authors explore how natural law doctrine functions in particular traditions, not only for assessing the coherence of natural law for comparative purposes, but also for reflecting upon how a natural law approach offers new insights on how each tradition imagines its religious "other". As the authors reflect on how each tradition can be mined for constructive reflection on natural law today, a key theme throughout the book is how the particularity of the respective religious tradition is squared with the evident universality of natural law claims. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 David Novak, "Natural Law and Judaism" 4

Response / Anver M. Emon Emon, Anver M. 45

Response / Matthew Levering Levering, Matthew 57

2 Matthew Levering, "Christians and Natural Law" 66

Response / Anver M. Emon Emon, Anver M. 111

Response / David Novak Novak, David 126

3 Anver M. Emon, "Islamic Natural Law Theories" 144

Response / Matthew Levering Levering, Matthew 188

Response / David Novak Novak, David 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.

ISBN:

9780198706601

019870660X

OCLC:

858601713