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

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 312 pages) 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 Summary This book shows how hermeneutic theory and practice theory can be brought together to analyze cultural, legal, and religious traditions. These ideas are developed through an analysis of the Islamic legal tradition, which examines both Islamic legal doctrine and religious education. In terms of disciplinary orientation, the book combines anthropology and Islamicist history, utilizing both ethnography and in-depth analysis of Arabic religious texts. The book focuses on higher religious learning in contemporary Egypt, examining its intellectual, ethical, and pedagogical dimensions. Data is drawn from over two years of fieldwork inside al-Azhar University, Cairo University's Dar al-'Ulum, and the network of traditional study circles associated with the al-Azhar mosque. Together these sites constitute the most important venue for the transmission of religious learning in the contemporary Muslim world. Although the book gives special attention to contemporary Egypt, it provides a broader analysis relevant to Islamic legal doctrine and religious education throughout history Notes Based on the author's thesis in cultural anthropology (doctoral - Harvard University, 2012) issued under title: Islamic law and legal education in modern Egypt Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Jāmiʻat al-Azhar. SUBJECT Jāmiʻat al-Azhar fast al-Azhar University gnd Subject Islamic law -- Study and teaching Islamic law -- Egypt RELIGION -- Islam -- General. Islamic law Islamic law -- Study and teaching Fikh Islamisches Recht Juristische Methodik Juristisches Studium Rechtsanthropologie Egypt Ägypten Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190932893 0190932899 9780190932916 0190932910

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