Omar Farahat

The Foundation of Norms in Islamic Jurisprudence and Theology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a new way of understanding classical Islamic theories, holding that divine revelation is necessary for the knowledge of norms and its reading of the issue of reason breaks new ground in Islamic theology, law and ethics. It will appeal to students and scholars of Islamic studies, Islamic ethics, law and post-colonial theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 379g
• ISBN-13: 9781108701471
• ISBN-10: 1108701477
• Artikelnr.: 61445234

Autorenporträt

Omar Farahat is Assistant Professor of Law at McGill University, Montreal.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: classical Islamic thought and the promise of post-secularism;
Part I. Epistemological and Metaphysical Foundations: 1. What do we know
without revelation? The epistemology of divine speech; 2. God in relation
to us: the metaphysics of divine speech; 3. The nature of divine speech in
classical theology; Part II. The Construction of Norms in Islamic
Jurisprudence: 4. The nature of divine commands in classical legal theory;
5. Divine commands in the imperative mood; 6. The persistence of natural
law in Islamic jurisprudence.