TY - BOOK ID - 4862866 TI - The sociology of Shari'a : case studies from around the world AU - Possamaï, Adam AU - Turner, Bryan Stanley AU - Richardson, James T. PY - 2015 VL - 1 SN - 22145281 SN - 9783319096056 3319096044 9783319096049 3319096052 PB - New York (N.Y.): Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Social Sciences. KW - Culture - Religion. KW - Religious Studies. KW - Social Structure, Social Inequality. KW - Social sciences. KW - Religion (General). KW - Sciences sociales KW - Islamic law KW - Law and the social sciences KW - Social aspects KW - Religion KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Religion - General KW - Islamic sociology. KW - Muslim sociology KW - Sociology, Islamic KW - Religion. KW - Social structure. KW - Social inequality. KW - Religion and sociology. KW - Sociology of Religion. KW - Religious Studies, general. KW - Sociology KW - Religion, Primitive KW - Atheism KW - God KW - Irreligion KW - Religions KW - Theology KW - Religion and society KW - Religious sociology KW - Society and religion KW - Sociology, Religious KW - Sociology and religion KW - Sociology of religion KW - Egalitarianism KW - Inequality KW - Social equality KW - Social inequality KW - Political science KW - Democracy KW - Liberty KW - Organization, Social KW - Social organization KW - Anthropology KW - Social institutions KW - Islamic law - Social aspects KW - Law and the social sciences - Islamic countries KW - Equality. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4862866 AB - This edited volume offers a collection of papers that presents a comparative analysis of the development of Shari’a in countries with Muslim minorities, such as America, Australia, China, Germany,  Italy, Singapore, South Africa and the Philippines, as well as countries with Muslim majorities, such as Malaysia, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Tunisia. The Sociology of Shari’a provides a global analysis of these important legal transformations and  examines the topic from a sociological perspective. In addition, the third part of the book includes case studies that explore some ground-breaking applications of theoretical perspectives such as those from Chambliss and Eisenstadt. ER -