Nakissa, Aria
The Anthropology of Islamic law : education, ethics, and legal interpretation at Egypt's al-Azhar / Aria Nakissa. - ix, 312 pages ; 25 cm.
Based on author's thesis in cultural anthropology (doctoral - Harvard University, 2012) issued under title: Islamic law and legal education in modern Egypt.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hermeneutic theory and practice theory in the study of cultural, legal, and religious traditions -- Higher religious learning in modern Egypt -- Shari a, Sunna, and ethics -- Acquiring knowledge through companionship (suhba) -- The sanad -- Taking from the mouths of shaykhs (mushafaha) -- The structure of islamic legal thought -- Reorganizing time and space -- Transforming the act of reading -- Salafism and wasatism.
9780190932886
2018048553
Jāmiʻat al-Azhar.
Islamic law.
Egypt.
297.140181 / ARI
The Anthropology of Islamic law : education, ethics, and legal interpretation at Egypt's al-Azhar / Aria Nakissa. - ix, 312 pages ; 25 cm.
Based on author's thesis in cultural anthropology (doctoral - Harvard University, 2012) issued under title: Islamic law and legal education in modern Egypt.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hermeneutic theory and practice theory in the study of cultural, legal, and religious traditions -- Higher religious learning in modern Egypt -- Shari a, Sunna, and ethics -- Acquiring knowledge through companionship (suhba) -- The sanad -- Taking from the mouths of shaykhs (mushafaha) -- The structure of islamic legal thought -- Reorganizing time and space -- Transforming the act of reading -- Salafism and wasatism.
9780190932886
2018048553
Jāmiʻat al-Azhar.
Islamic law.
Egypt.
297.140181 / ARI