Shari'a is one of the most hotly contested and misunderstood
concepts and practices in the world today. Debates about Islamic
law and its relationship to secularism and Christianity have
dominated political and theological discourse for centuries.
Unfortunately, Western Christian theologians have failed to engage
sufficiently with the challenges and questions raised by Islamic
political theology, preferring instead to essentialize or dismiss
it. In Law and the Rule of God, Joshua Ralston presents an
innovative approach to Christian-Muslim dialogue. Eschewing both
polemics and apologetics, he proposes a comparative framework for
Christian engagement with Islamic debates on shari'a. Ralston draws
on a diverse range of thinkers from both traditions including Karl
Barth, Ibn Taymiyya, Thomas Aquinas, and Mohammad al-Jabri. He
offers an account of public law as a provisional and indirect
witness to the divine rule of justice. He also demonstrates how
this theology of public law deeply resonates with the Christian
tradition and is also open to learning from and dialoguing with
Islamic and secular conceptions of law, sovereignty, and justice.
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