Allegory of the Rule (Ḥukm): Law as Simulacrum

dc.contributor.author	Moosa, Ebrahim E.I.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-19T21:02:05Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-19T21:02:05Z
dc.date.issued	1998
dc.identifier.citation	“Allegory of the Rule (Hukm): Law as Simulacrum in Islam,” History of Religions 38:1 (August 1998): 1-24.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10161/5747
dc.description.abstract	How are norms and legal values determined by Islamic theology? This article explores the nexus between law and theology in Islam. Rules determined by human effort acquire a certain sacred character because the theological imaginary facilitates a cosmic link between earthly rules and heavenly decrees.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	hukm; law; Islamic law; Islamic theology; ilm al-kalam; fiqh; Shari`a; Sharia; Muslim law; simulacrum	en_US
dc.title	Allegory of the Rule (Ḥukm): Law as Simulacrum	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
duke.description.endpage	24	en_US
duke.description.issue	1	en_US
duke.description.startpage	1	en_US
duke.description.volume	38	en_US
dc.relation.journal	History of Religions	en_US