The Quadrants of Shari'a: The Here and Hereafter as Constitutive of Islamic Law
ROADS TO PARADISE, Todd Lawson, Sebastian Geunther, eds., Brill Publications, 2011
28 Pages Posted: 12 Feb 2011 Last revised: 17 Aug 2016
Date Written: February 9, 2011
Abstract
This paper offers a model for conceptualizing the interaction between law and morality in religious legal systems, with specific reference to Islamic law. The doctrinal discussion concentrates on the dog in Islamic law, but the analytic focus is to shift focus on the law/morality distinction by adopting the perspective of religious legal traditions in order to return the gaze on the presumptions of secularity that animate contemporary conceptions of law.
Keywords: Islamic Law, Law and Morality, Dogs and Purity, Law and Religion
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