The Foundation of Norms in Islamic Jurisprudence and Theology
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- Author: Omar Farahat, McGill University, Montréal
- Date Published: July 2021
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108701471
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In this book, Omar Farahat presents a new way of understanding the work of classical Islamic theologians and legal theorists who maintained that divine revelation is necessary for the knowledge of the norms and values of human actions. Through a reconstruction of classical Ashʿarī-Muʿtazilī debates on the nature and implications of divine speech, Farahat argues that the Ashʿarī attachment to revelation was not a purely traditionalist position. Rather, it was a rational philosophical commitment emerging from debates in epistemology and theology. He further argues that the particularity of this model makes its distinctive features helpful for contemporary scholars who defend a form of divine command theory. Farahat's volume thus constitutes a new reading of the issue of reason and revelation in Islam and breaks new ground in Islamic theology, law and ethics.
Read more- Offers a comparative study of Ashʿarī and Muʿtazilī ideas of divine speech in the context of their contrasting metaphysical views
- Explores how a study of classical Islamic thought can fit into post-secularist and post-orientalist trends in the humanities
- Will generate a conversation on the nature and purpose of Islamic legal theory and its place in the formation of norms in the Islamic tradition
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'The book undoubtedly makes important contributions to contemporary scholarship on theology, the history of Islamic sects and doctrines, and uṣūl al-fiqh.' Necmettin Kızılkaya, Nazariyat
See more reviews'Written in a scholarly, yet clear, fashion, the book is suitable for scholars and students of Islamic studies generally, and Islamic theology, Islamic law, Islamic history, and Islamic ethics more specifically… this work offers an important contribution for religious moral and legal theories in general.' Sami Al-Daghistani, Journal of Law and Religion
'… an important contribution for religious moral and legal theories …' Sami Al-Daghistani, Journal of Law and Religion
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- Date Published: July 2021
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108701471
- length: 257 pages
- dimensions: 150 x 230 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.37kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.
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