Location of the citation: «Religion and Authority», p. 293.
Stated Claim
The citation states: «He affirms that the role of jurisprudence in the civil state must be confined to rituals».
What the Citation Does Not Settle
This is the limit of an inference drawn from the citation’s restriction: the quoted text does not define rituals, nor does it clarify the legal consequences of this restriction in civil matters. Moreover, the wording of the citation is “jurisprudence,” not “jurists,” so the claim should not be turned into a specific description of the role of individuals or an institution without further evidence.
For Connected Reading
- Muhammad Shahrur, Religion and Authority
- Legislation, Limits, and Prohibition
- civil state
- Jurisprudence is historical, and civil law is separate from it
Jurisprudence is historical, and civil law is separate from it