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Shari’a : Islamic Law in the Contemporary Context / ed. by Abbas Amanat, Frank Griffel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This volume presents ten leading scholars' writings on contemporary Islamic law and Muslim thought. The essays examine a range of issues, from modern Muslim discourses on justice, natural law, and the common good, to democracy, the social contract, and "the authority of the preeminent jurist." Changes in how Shari'a has been understood over the centuries are explored, as well as how it has been applied in both Sunni and Shi'i Islam. Debates on the nature, interpretation, reform, and application of Shari'a lie at the core of all Islamist revivalist ideologies and movements of the past two centuries. The demand for the implementation of Shari'a is one of the hallmarks of Islamic fundamentalism, and Shari'a has become one of the most controversial and politicized concepts in Muslim-majority countries today. This is one of the first books to examine how Muslims understand and apply Shari'a in contemporary societies.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 JUSTICE IN MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT
- 3 THE HARMONY OF NATURAL LAW AND SHARI’A IN ISLAMIST THEOLOGY
- 4 ISLAMIC LAW AND LEGAL CHANGE: THE CONCEPT OF MAṢLAḤA IN CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC LEGAL THEORY
- 5 'ALLᾹL AL-FᾹSῑ: SHARI’A AS BLUEPRINT FOR RIGHTEOUS GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP?
- 6 SHARI’A AND ISLAMIC DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF AL-JAZEERA
- 7 FROM IJTIHᾹD TO WILᾹYAT-I FAQῑH: THE EVOLUTION OF THE SHIITE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO POLITICAL POWER
- 8 SHIITE THEORIES OF SOCIAL CONTRACT
- 9 SHARI’A AND CONSTITUTION IN IRAN: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- 10 THE NORMATIVITY OF THE FACTUAL: ON THE EVERYDAY CONSTRUCTION OF SHARI’A IN A YEMENI FAMILY COURT
- AFTERWORD
- NOTES
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
- ISBN:
- 0-8047-7953-8
- OCLC:
- 1294425080
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