The Qur’an and the Just Society – Ramon Harvey

The Qur'an and the Just Society

Author: Ramon Harvey

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Year of Publication: 2019

Print Length: 288 pages

Genre: Islamic Studies / Quranic Studies, Islamic Law & Jurisprudence, Hadith, Sunnah & Sirah; Non-Fiction / Law, History, Political Science, Religious Studies, Social Science

Topic: History, Qur’an, Islam, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, The Muslim World, Justice, Social Justice; Law, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory; Law Enforcement, Ethics, Equity & Fairness, Peace, War, Crimes, Politics & Power, Alms, Charity, Citizenship, Civilization, Community, Culture & Society, Divorce, Inheritance, Marriage, Governance, Trade, System, Tolerance, Wellbeing

What is justice? How can it be realised within society? These are universal concerns and are central to the primary scripture of Islam, the Qur’an.

Utilising a pioneering theological and hermeneutic framework adapted from both classical Muslim literature and contemporary academic studies of the Qur’an, Ramon Harvey explores the underlying principles of its system of social justice. Dividing his book into four parts, he covers Qur’anic Ethics, Political Justice (politics, peace, war), Distributive Justice (fair trade, alms, marriage, inheritance) and Corrective Justice (public and private crimes).

His reading of the Qur’an reconstructs the text as normatively engaging these spheres of justice in their socio-historical context and lays the foundations for future contemporary articulations of Qur’anic ethics.

Foreword by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Qur’anic Ethics

1. Moral Narrative

2. Theology and Ethics

3. Hermeneutics

4. Historical Context

Part II: Political Justice

5. Politics

6. Peace

7. War

Part III: Distributive Justice

8. Trade

9. Alms

10. Marriage

11. Inheritance

Part IV: Corrective Justice

12. Public Crimes

13. Private Crimes

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary of Arabic Terminology

Bibliography

Index of Qur’anic Verses

Index of Biblical Verses

General Index

Omar Suleiman is an American-Palestinian scholar, civil rights activist, public speaker, and author. He is the Founder and President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, and an Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies in the Graduate Liberal Studies Program at SMU (Southern Methodist University).

Source: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/team/omar-suleiman

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