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Shari'a Law and Modern Muslim Ethics by Robert W. Hefner; Anver Emon; Ziba Mir-Hosseini; Zakia Salime; Malika Zeghal; Clark Lombardi; Connie J. Cannon; Ahmet T. Kuru; Muhammad Qasim Zaman; Dorothea E. Schulz; Michael G. Peletz is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Many Muslim societies are in the throes of tumultuous political transitions, and common to all has been heightened debate over the place of shari`a 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. ** About the Author Robert W. Hefner is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University. He is editor

Author

Robert W. Hefner; Anver Emon; Ziba Mir-Hosseini; Zakia Salime; Malika Zeghal; Clark Lombardi; Connie J. Cannon; Ahmet T. Kuru; Muhammad Qasim Zaman; Dorothea E. Schulz; Michael G. Peletz

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253022523

Subjects

Islam, Science, Philosophy