The Future of Theological Ethics: Returning the Gaze
Studies in Christian Ethics - The Future of Theological Ethics: Symposium 25, no. 2 (2012): 223-235
13 Pages Posted: 15 Aug 2016
Date Written: 2012
Abstract
This article offers an Islamic legal perspective on the question posed by this symposium issue, namely the future of theological ethics. Concerned that abstract statements of value all too often play into an apologetics that hides more than it reveals, the article offers a paradigm that makes two specific contributions to the question of this symposium in a context of increasing tension over religious diversity in Europe and North America. First, it adopts a context-rich form of ethical engagement that weaves together commitments to theology and to our place in the world. Second, it provides a model by which to interrogate the assumptions and even the secular apologetics that arise in legal disputes involving contests about religion and the public sphere.
Keywords: Conseil d’Etat, ethics, France, Islamic law, law, public sphere, religion, theology
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