Routledge Handbook of Religious Laws.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: religious laws and their comparison - theoretical and methodological issues -- The nature of religious laws -- Comparative religious law -- Further reading -- Notes -- References -- PART I: Hist...

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Main Author: Ferrari, Silvio (Author)
Contributors: Rossella, Bottoni (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Milton Routledge 2019
In:Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ferrari, Silvio, Routledge Handbook of Religious Laws] (2020) (Cianitto, Cristiana, 1975 -)
[Rezension von: Ferrari, Silvio, Routledge Handbook of Religious Laws] (2020) (Tol, Mariëtta D. C. van der)
Series/Journal:Routledge International Handbooks Ser.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Law
B Religion / Law / Comparative law
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (Aggregator)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: religious laws and their comparison - theoretical and methodological issues -- The nature of religious laws -- Comparative religious law -- Further reading -- Notes -- References -- PART I: History -- Chapter 1: The Jewish tradition: a history -- History -- Jewish -- Law -- The Bible: a covenantal law -- The Second Temple Period: an ethnic law -- Late Antiquity: jurists' imagined law -- The Middle Ages: divine law -- The Modern era: law, religion and identity -- The twentieth century: law, nationalism and politics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Christian tradition: a history -- Origins -- Historical evolution -- Further reading -- References -- Chapter 3: The Islamic tradition: a history -- Origins -- The development of the madhhabs -- The basis for the law -- The law, the scholars and the state -- The modern period -- Reintroduction of 'the Sharīʿa' -- References -- Chapter 4: The Hindu tradition: a history -- Introduction -- Origins of Hindu law -- Historical evolution -- Central characteristics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Comparative remarks: a history of religious laws -- References -- PART II: Sources of law -- Chapter 6: Jewish law: the sources -- Variations of meaning and function -- 'Source' and 'resource' -- The biblical paradigm: strong epiphanism -- Grappling with the biblical model in Late Antiquity -- Judeo-Hellenic parallelism -- Rabbinic ambivalence: the human source celebrated and denied -- Medieval Judaism: traditionalism and human reason -- Perfect transmission -- Reasoning and rationality -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Christian law: the sources -- Various denominations and their legal concepts -- Legislation on the international, national and local level -- Instruments of regulation.
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ISBN:1315518961