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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Diagonal-Verlag
2014
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Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
Year: 2014, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 226-249 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islamic law
/ Action theory
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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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