TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bata,Hashim
TI  - Exploring the mind of God : an introduction to shi'ite legal epistemology
SN  - 978-90-04-53681-4
U1  - 2 
CY  - Leiden : Brill, 2023
N1  - Hashim Bata, Ph.D. (2012), University of Warwick, is Lecturer in Islamic Legal Studies at Al-Mahdi Institute and Associate Lecturer at University of Birmingham
N2  - This book introduces readers to the legal epistemology that is advocated within Twelver Shiʻite uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory). It critically surveys the epistemological underpinnings upheld by post-19th century Uṣūlī clerics that impel them to mainly deduce and interpret Sharia using scripture and literalist hermeneutical methods. An evaluation of these underpinnings uncovers the important juxtaposition that exists between the seminarian discourses of uṣūl al-fiqh and philosophy. The book hypothesises that uṣūl al-fiqh has both space and historical precedence to accept alternative epistemological theories that may enable orthodox Shiʻite clerics to display greater dynamism in deducing and interpreting Sharia
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