Comparative Religious Law: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (2018)

Name: Comparative Religious Law: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (2018)
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Comparative Religious LawJudaism, Christianity, Islam\nAuthor(s): Norman Doe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781316617809, 978-1316617809\nSynopsis\nComparative Religious Law provides for the first time a study of the regulatory instruments of Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious organisations in Britain in light of their historical religious laws. Norman Doe questions assumptions about the pervasiveness, character and scope of religious laws, from the view that they are not or should not be recognised by civil law, to the idea that there may be a fundamental incompatibility between religious and civil law. It proposes that religious laws pervade society, are recognised by civil law, have both a religious and temporal character, and regulate wide areas of believers' lives. Subjects include sources of law, faith leaders, governance, worship and education, rites of passage, divorce and children,.