The al-Ghazali enigma and why Shariʻa is not Islamic law
By: Haifaa G. Khalafallah
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Sheffield, South Yorkshire; Bristol, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781781792957; 9781781794661; 9781781794678
Subjects: Islamic law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Shariʻa, Ghazali and their study; title: Portraits from a Muslim journey into the 20th century; title: The contexts: the modern al-Ghazali and his world; title: The texts: on the shelves; title: Elusive texts: book of tension; title: Untidy texts: Ghazali vs Ghazali; title: Case of women: textualising context; title: The contents (scripture): God and women leaders; title: Shariʻa rulemaking trajectory; title: Is shariʻa a method? is it a law? does it matter?; title: Shariʻa and telling of the Muslim story; title: Epilogue: what's in a historical narrative?