Joshua Ralston (University of Edinburgh)

Law and the Rule of God

A Christian Engagement with Shari'a

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a new comparative approach to the relationship between law, politics, secularism, and religion in Christianity and Islam. Academics and students in theology, Islamic Studies, religion and politics, and law will benefit from this study of how shari'a and Christian theology have been debated across the centuries.

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Produktdetails

• Current Issues in Theology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 365
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781108747646
• ISBN-10: 1108747647
• Artikelnr.: 66397725

Autorenporträt

Joshua Ralston is Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the University of Edinburgh and co-founder and director of the Christian-Muslim Studies Network, supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Note on transliteration
1. Christian political theology as comparative theology
2. Neither conciliation nor confrontation: a comparative approach to shar¿'a and islamic jurisprudence
3. 'That hideous schizophrenia:' a genealogy of muslim critiques of christian theologies of law
4. The difficulty with distinctions: justin martyr, thomas aquinas, and martin luther on law
5. Building a christological legal foundation: a conversation with karl barth
6. The witness of law in comparative perspective
Conclusion: toward a comparative theo-legal discourse
Selected bibliography
Index.