LEADER 02911nam 22005053 450 001 996556968103316 005 20231115084558.0 010 $a3-11-121801-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9783111218014 035 $a(CKB)28742948000041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30883033 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30883033 035 $a(DE-B1597)650275 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783111218014 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928742948000041 100 $a20231115d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJustifying Transgression $eMUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, and the LAW - 1200 To 1700 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerlin/Boston :$cWalter de Gruyter GmbH,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2024. 215 $a1 online resource (358 pages) 311 08$a9783111215907 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 Justifying Sodomy -- $t2 Justifying Idolatry -- $t3 Justifying Usury -- $t4 Patterns and Trends -- $tCoda -- $tA Note on Usage -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aHow do people justify what others see as transgression? Taking that question to the Persian-Muslim and Latin-Christian worlds over the period 1200 to 1700, this book shows that people in both these worlds invested considerable energy in worrying, debating, and writing about proscribed practices. It compares how people in the two worlds came to terms with the proscriptions of sodomy, idolatry, and usury. When historians speak of the gap between premodern practice and the legal theory of the time, they tend to ignore the myriad of justifications that filled this gap. Moreover, a focus on justification evens out many of the contrasts that have been alleged to exist between the two worlds, or the Muslim and Christian worlds more generally. The similarities outweigh the differences in the ways people came to terms with the various rules of divine law. The level of flexibility of the theologians and jurists in charge of divine law varied more over time and by topic than between the two worlds. Both worlds also saw the development of ever more sophisticated justifications. Amid the increasing complexity of justifications, a particular kind of reasoning emerged: that good outcomes are more important than upholding rules for their own sake. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion$2bisacsh 610 $aSodomy. 610 $acomparative world history. 610 $aconsequentialism. 610 $aidolatry. 610 $alegal pluralism. 610 $ausury. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion. 700 $aKruijtzer$b Gijs$01111896 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996556968103316 996 $aJustifying Transgression$93589770 997 $aUNISA