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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793398803321

Autore

Harvey Ramon

Titolo

The Qur'an and the just society / / Ramon Harvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4744-1720-5

1-4744-1719-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

297.5

Soggetti

Social justice - Religious aspects - Islam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-256) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Qur'anic Ethics -- 1 Moral Narrative -- 2 Theology and Ethics -- 3 Hermeneutics -- 4 Historical Context -- Part II Political Justice -- 5 Politics -- 6 Peace -- 7 War -- Part III Distributive Justice -- 8 Trade -- 9 Alms -- 10 Marriage -- 11 Inheritance -- Part IV Corrective Justice -- 12 Public Crimes -- 13 Private Crimes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary of Arabic Terminology -- Bibliography -- Index of Qur'anic Verses -- Index of Biblical Verses -- General Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Utilising a pioneering theological and hermeneutic framework adapted from both classical Muslim literature and contemporary academic studies of the Qur'an, Ramon Harvey explores the underlying principles of its system of social justice.