Intended as a forum for the exposition of current research, this two-day conference will include invited academics recognized for their contributions to the study of Islamic law, Georgetown faculty of...
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This volume advances the critical study of exegetical, doctrinal, and political authority in Shiʿi Islam...
Read More »Authority from a Shi‘ite Perspective by Muhammad Legenhausen
In this paper the writer proposes to describe the teachings of Shi'ite Islam about authority in a manner accessible to Catholic partners in dialogue....
Read More »Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women
A challenging new book that reviews the ethics at the heart of the Islamic legal system, and suggests that these laws have often been misinterpreted by authoritarian readings of the sources, resulting in the repression of Muslim women...
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