Book recommendations from Tom Palmer
By Paul
“People who wish to understand the Islamic tradition would do well to try to start with an examination of the role that Islam played in the development of law, rather than with the various Muslim-bashing books that have appeared recently”, says Tom Palmer.
Book recommendations;
Wael B. Hallaq’s The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law
Harold Berman’s Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition.
Law and Revolution, II: The Impact of the Protestant Reformations on the Western Legal Tradition
Mohammad Hashim Kamali’s books-Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Freedom of Expression in Islam , Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam
This Law of Ours and other essays, by Muhammad Asad
Related;
Muslim Basher Robert Spencer Upset at my Dismissal of his Book (Tom Palmer post)
Islam and Economics- blog of Professor at Rice University
Podcasts;
Islam Then and Now
Daniel Peterson believes the key to understanding present Islamic attitudes lies in understanding the religious and philosophical texts of its past.
Interpreting culture
The distinguished American anthropologist Clifford Geertz died last month