Where Revelation is Silent: Shari’a, Reason, and Islamic Natural Law

My general line of research concerns the relationship between reason and authority in Shari’a. In particular, I am currently completing a book on Islamic natural law theories, in which I provide an analysis of how premodern Muslim jurists theorized about the authority of reason as a source of Shari’...

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Published in:Bulletin for the study of religion
Main Author: Emon, Anver M. ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2010
In: Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-22
Further subjects:B reason and authority in Shari'a
B Islamic natural law
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Summary:My general line of research concerns the relationship between reason and authority in Shari’a. In particular, I am currently completing a book on Islamic natural law theories, in which I provide an analysis of how premodern Muslim jurists theorized about the authority of reason as a source of Shari’a norms where source-texts (e.g. Qur’an and Sunna) are otherwise silent.
ISSN:2041-1871
Contains:Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v39i1.005