Routledge Handbook of Religious Laws
Routledge Handbook of Religious Laws Much has been written on specific religious legal systems, yet substantial comparative studies that strive to compare systems, identifying their analogies and…
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Routledge Handbook of Religious Laws
Much has been written on specific religious legal systems, yet substantial comparative studies that strive to compare systems, identifying their analogies and differences, have been relatively few. Both interreligious dialogue and dialogue between States and religions presuppose a set of data and information that only comparative research can provide.This book seeks to address this gap in the literature by presenting a comparative analysis of Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Hindu laws and traditions. This absence undermines the capacity to understand religions and becomes particularly serious when the faithful of these religions live together in the same geographical space, as happens today with increasing frequency.
Divided into five parts, the first part of the book offers the historical background for the legal analysis that is developed in the subsequent parts. Part