Law and the Rule of God - A Christian Engagement With Shari''a

This book advances a constructive theological approach to the controversial issues of sharī'a, public law, and secularism in Christian-Muslim relations.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ralston Joshua Ralston, Joshua Ralston, Joshua (University of Edinburgh) Ralston, Ralston Joshua
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781108489829
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48982-9
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Current Issues in Theology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Islam, RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Islamic Law, Systems of law: Islamic law