Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue

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Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. Edited by Matthew Levering & David Novak (2014)
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This book critically and constructively explores the resources offered for natural law doctrine by classical thinkers from three traditions: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic. Three scholars each offer a programmatic essay on natural law doctrine in their particular religious tradition and then respond to the other two essays

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K460.E46 2014

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9780198706601   019870660X   0198745001
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Introduction

The Introduction presents to readers the collaborative process undertaken to produce the book, the structure of the book, and key themes that run across each chapter. The Introduction is careful to distinguish this book from broad-based “interfaith” endeavors. This is not a book with a pol... see more

Islamic Natural Law Theories

This chapter introduces readers to competing approaches to natural law in the classical Islamic legal tradition. The chapter narrows its analysis to a specific question, namely whether and to what extent pre-modern Muslim jurists allowed reason to be a source of law, in particular when sou... see more

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