The Foundation of Norms in Islamic Jurisprudence and Theology Farahat Paperback

The Foundation of Norms in Islamic Jurisprudence and TheologyAuthor(s): Omar Farahat\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108701471, 978-1108701471\nSynopsis\nIn this book, Omar Farahat presents a new way of understanding the work of classical Islamic theologians and legal theorists who maintained that divine revelation is necessary for the knowledge of the norms and values of human actions. Through a reconstruction of classical Ash?ar?-Mu?tazil? debates on the nature and implications of divine speech, Farahat argues that the Ash?ar? attachment to revelation was not a purely traditionalist position. Rather, it was a rational philosophical commitment emerging from debates in epistemology and theology. He further argues that the particularity of this model makes its distinctive features helpful for contemporary scholars who defend a form of divine command theory. Farahat's volume thus constitutes a .