Qur’anic Guidance for Good Governance: A Contemporary Perspective

This book is a study of religious principles of good governance in our contemporary societies. Historically, religion has provided guidance for organizing societies. In modern times, however, religious ideas have been marginalized in social science literature. Contributors to this work explore what...

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Collaborateurs: Young, Stephen B. (Éditeur intellectuel) ; al-Ahsan, Abdullah (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2017
Dans:Année: 2017
Collection/Revue:SpringerLink Bücher
Springer eBook Collection Religion and Philosophy
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
Sujets non-standardisés:B Islam Doctrines
B Religious Studies
B Finance, Public—Islamic countries
B Religion
B Political Science
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Édition parallèle:Druckausg.: 978-3-319-57872-9
Printed edition: 9783319578729
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Résumé:This book is a study of religious principles of good governance in our contemporary societies. Historically, religion has provided guidance for organizing societies. In modern times, however, religious ideas have been marginalized in social science literature. Contributors to this work explore what values and practices the Qur’an can contribute to governing our economic, political, and social life today
1. Introduction -- 2. Guidance for Good Governance and Civilizational Transformation: Lessons from History, Religion and Science -- 3. Science, the Qur’an and the Moral Community -- 4. Al-Siyasah al-Shar’iyah: Good Governance in Islam -- 5. Qur’anic Guidance and American Financial Enterprise -- 6. Economic Governance and the Political Economy of the 2008 US Financial Crisis: A Taxonomic Essay -- 7. A Malaysian Perspective in Qur’anic Governance: Family Autonomy Vs. State Intervention -- 8. Sustainable Development in Islam and International Law: An Investigation -- 9. Conflict Resolution in Muslim Societies: Role of the OIC -- 10. Conclusion
ISBN:3319578731
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57873-6