Sharia Transformations: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary

by Michael G. Peletz

Book Overview

Few symbols in today's world are as laden and fraught as sharia--an Arabic-origin term referring to the straight path, the path God revealed for humans, the norms and rules guiding Muslims on that path, and Islamic law and normativity as enshrined in sacred texts or formal statute. Yet the ways in which Muslim men and women experience the myriad dimensions of sharia often go unnoticed and unpublicized. So too do recent historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520339924
• ISBN13: 9780520339927
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"