Applying the Canon in Islam: The Authorization and Maintenance of Interpretive Reasoning in Hanafi Scholarship - Couverture souple

Wheeler, Brannon M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791429741 ISBN 13 : 9780791429747

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1996

Synopsis

Argues how the notion of "canon" is used to authorize and maintain certain types of interpretive reasoning and the social institutions that employ them.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Brannon M. Wheeler is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and History at Pennsylvania State University.

Brannon M. Wheeler is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and History at Pennsylvania State University.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Using examples from Islamic law, Ndembu divination, and Aranda religion, this book argues how the notion of "canon" is used to authorize and maintain certain types of interpretive reasoning and the social institutions that employ them. The bulk of the book outlines how the Hanafi school of Islamic law was able to legitimize itself by extending the canonical authority of the Quran to the sunnah of the prophet, the opinions of selected local authorities, and the scholarship of earlier generations. The Hanafi example shows that the application of canon is not about overcoming the limits of a "closed" text but rather about imposing limits on a range of interpretations made possible by a variegated and malleable textual corpus.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791429741
• ISBN 13: 9780791429747
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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