Shari'a Law and Modern Muslim Ethics (Hardcover)

Many Muslim societies are in the throes of tumultuous political transitions, and common to all has been heightened debate over the place of sharia law in modern politics and ethical life. Bringing together leading scholars of Islamic politics, ethics, and law, this book examines the varied meanings and uses of Islamic law, so as to assess the prospects for democratic, plural, and gender-equitable Islamic ethics today. These essays show that, contrary to the claims of some radicals, Muslim understandings of Islamic law and ethics have always been varied and emerge, not from unchanging texts but from real and active engagement with Islamic traditions and everyday life. The ethical debates that rage in contemporary Muslim societies reveal much about the prospects for democratic societies and a pluralist Islamic ethics in the future. They also suggest that despite the tragic violence wrought in recent years by Boko Haram and the Islamic State in Iraq, we may yet see an age of ethical renewal across the Muslim world.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Robert W Hefner
Contributors:	Anver Emon • Ziba Mir-Hosseini • Zakia Salime • Malika Zeghal • Clark Lombardi • Connie J. Cannon • Ahmet T. Kuru • Muhammad Qasim Zaman • Dorothea E Schulz
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-02247-9
Categories:	Books > Law > Other areas of law > Islamic law Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
LSN:	0-253-02247-9
Barcode:	9780253022479

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