Religion, law, and society : a Christian-Muslim discussion /

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Imprint:	Geneva : WCC Publications ; Kampen : Kok Pharos Pub. Co., ©1995.
Description:	xvi, 137 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. Christianity and other religions -- Islam. Religion and law -- Comparative studies. Christianity. Interfaith relations. Islam. Religion and law. Comparative studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13237316

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Other authors / contributors:	Mitri, Tarek. World Council of Churches. Office on Interreligious Relations.
ISBN:	2825411485 9782825411483 9039005141 9789039005149
Notes:	"This book is the fruit of two Christian-Muslim colloquia convened by the Office on Interreligious Relations of the World Council of Churches ... held in Switzerland (Geneva and Nyon) in December 1992 and November 1993"--Page xiii. Includes bibliographical references. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Other form:	Online version: Religion, law, and society. Geneva : WCC Publications ; Kampen : Kok Pharos Pub. Co., ©1995

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Tarek Mitri
Typologies of religion and state / Sheila McDonough
Sharīʻah and modernity / Walid Saif
The implications of Sharīʻah, Fiqh and Qānūn in an Islamic state / Tayyib Z. Al-Abdin
Sharīʻah, change and plural societies / Jørgen S. Nielsen
Tashrīʻ (process of law-making) in Islam / Asghar Ali Engineer
Notes on Sharīʻah, Fiqh and Ijtihād / Mokhtar Ihsan Aziz
On the urgency of Ijtihād / Khalid Ziadeh
Sharīʻah and religious pluralism / Bert F. Breiner
Islamic Sharīʻah and the status of non-Muslims / Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani
Muslim minorities and Sharīʻah in Europe / Gé Speelman
Secularism and religion / Mohammed Ben-Yunusa
Religion and secularization : introductory remarks from a Western-Christian experience / Heinz Klautke
Secularism and religion : alternative bases for the quest for a genuine pluralism / Bert F. Breiner
State, religion, and laïcité : the Western European experience / Jørgen S. Nielsen
The role of religious institutions and 'ulamā' in a contemporary Muslim society / Tayyib Z. Al-Abdin
Human rights and Islamic revivalism / Walid Saif
Differing perceptions of human rights : Asian-African interventions at the [United Nations] Human Rights Conference / Thomas Michel.

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