Possibility of Religious Freedom - Early Natural Law and the Abrahamic Faiths

List of contents

Preface; 1. Religion and law in late modernity; 2. Antigone: the tragedy of human and divine law; 3. Maimonides' middle way: teleology as a guide for the perplexed; 4. Between Shar¿'a and human law: Ibn Rushd and the unwritten law of nature; 5. Arguing natural law: Tertullian and religious freedom in the Roman Empire; Conclusion. Natural law, modernity and aporia; Epilogue. Religious freedom in Qatar.

About the author

Karen Taliaferro is Assistant Professor in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. She has held fellowships at Princeton University's James Madison Program and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service-Qatar, as well as an NSEP Boren Fellowship in Morocco, where she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

Summary

Drawing on classical natural law to bridge the gaps between human and divine law, Taliaferro expounds a new, practical theory of religious freedom for the modern world, and lucidly explains the challenges involved. This book will appeal to scholars of religion, and law, as well as classical Judaism, Christianity and Islamic studies.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Taliaferro, Karen (Arizona State University) Taliaferro
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108423953
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42395-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Law and Christianity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Europe, Asia, Africa, LAW / Jurisprudence, Ethics & moral philosophy, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Legal History, Ethics and moral philosophy, comparative law, Philosophy of religion, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Religious life and practice, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Religious life & practice, BCE period – Protohistory, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Modernity; natural law; religious freedom; liberalism