Religion as law: An Action-Theoretical Approach to Shari’ah

To approach the Shari’ah from the perspective of action theory, as I intend to do in this essay, corresponds to the task of making it an object of analysis along three main dimensions: beliefs, opportunities and interests. In this essay Shari’ah is considered as a system of beliefs that actors inter...

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Main Author: Cappai, Gabriele 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Diagonal-Verlag 2014
In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
Year: 2014, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 226-249
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islamic law / Action theory
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
XA Law
Further subjects:B Shari’ah – interests beliefs and opportunities as dimensions of action – indeterminacy – relativity – inadequacy – cultural embeddedness – interdependence – autonomy – homogeneity
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