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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Auteur principal: Emon, Anver M. ca. 20./21. Jh. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Equinox 2010
Dans: Bulletin for the study of religion
Année: 2010, Volume: 39, Numéro: 1, Pages: 17-22
Sujets non-standardisés:B reason and authority in Shari'a
B Islamic natural law
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Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v39i1.005