Muslims and Christians Debate Justice and Love - David L. Johnston
Justice as Shar’ia’s Central Purpose
Muslims and Christians Debate Justice and Love - David L. Johnston
David L. Johnston [+]
Fuller Theological Seminary
David L. Johnston is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, and teaches at St Joseph's University. He is the author of Earth, Empire and Sacred Text: Muslims and Christians as Trustees of Creation (Equinox, 2010) and translator of Rachid Ghannouchi’s al-Hurriyat al-‘amma fi-l-dawla al-islamiyya (The Public Freedoms in the Islamic State) in the series World Thought in Translation (Yale University Press).
Description
This chapter, “Justice as Shari’a’s Central Purpose,” begins with a case study of the blasphemy laws in Pakistan and mostly highlights the recent emphasis in Islamic legal theory on the objectives of Shari’a. It then presents the work of three influential reformist scholars: Jamal al-Banna, Mohammed Hashim Kamali, and Tariq Ramadan.