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Law and the Rule of God

Law and the Rule of God A Christian Engagement With Sharia - Current Issues in Theology

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Publisher's Synopsis

Shari'a is one of the most hotly contested and misunderstood concepts and practices in the world today. Debates about Islamic law and its relationship to secularism and Christianity have dominated political and theological discourse for centuries. Unfortunately, Western Christian theologians have failed to engage sufficiently with the challenges and questions raised by Islamic political theology, preferring instead to essentialize or dismiss it. In Law and the Rule of God, Joshua Ralston presents an innovative approach to Christian-Muslim dialogue. Eschewing both polemics and apologetics, he proposes a comparative framework for Christian engagement with Islamic debates on shari'a. Ralston draws on a diverse range of thinkers from both traditions including Karl Barth, Ibn Taymiyya, Thomas Aquinas, and Mohammad al-Jabri. He offers an account of public law as a provisional and indirect witness to the divine rule of justice. He also demonstrates how this theology of public law deeply resonates with the Christian tradition and is also open to learning from and dialoguing with Islamic and secular conceptions of law, sovereignty, and justice.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781108489829
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 261.27
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 350
Weight: 596g
Height: 146mm
Width: 223mm
Spine width: 30mm