The Anthropology of Islamic law : education, ethics, and legal interpretation at Egypt's al-Azhar / Aria Nakissa.

By: Nakissa, Aria [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]Copyright date: © Aria Nakissa 2019Description: ix, 312 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780190932886Subject(s): Jāmiʻat al-Azhar | Islamic law | EgyptDDC classification: 297.140181
Contents:
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.
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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.

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