عنوان

The Speculum of Divine Justice and Obedience in Christian and Islamic Mirrors for Princes

Number

TL48126

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Speculum of Divine Justice and Obedience in Christian and Islamic Mirrors for Princes

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First Statement of Responsibility

Maria del Rosario Jazmin Puignau

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Campo, Juan

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California, Santa Barbara

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

312

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Committee members: Moore, Kathleen; Tutino, Stefania

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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-56845-5

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Religious Studies

Body granting the degree

University of California, Santa Barbara

Text preceding or following the note

2014

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Most contemporary scholarship affirms that the Christian and Islamic medieval political imperative was about the preservation of order and stability. We considered this characterization insufficient, given the treatment of the concept of religious and political justice by medieval thinkers in both traditions. In fact, Christian and Islamic political theologies stress that the rulers of their respective communities should 'mirror' divine justice. They also emphasize the need to obey the ruler for the sake of preserving order in their societies. The present study then argues that there is an inconsistency between the emphases on political obedience on the one hand, and the religious imperative of political justice on the other. As a result, Islamic and Christian thought is permeated with a certain degree of anxiety that made more than one Muslim or Christian author uncomfortable. This dissertation is a study of such anxiety. We first survey the influence of Greek and Persian philosophical heritage, centered in harmony and stability for both traditions, as found in the Eastern political concept of the 'Circle of Justice'. Second, we contrast this influence with the religious meaning of justice as religious righteousness, a theological imperative found in both traditions, and represented in Islam under the maxim of 'commanding good and forbidding evil'. To do so, we focus on Christian and Islamic Mirrors for Princes up to the 16^th century, a literary genre known as part of the political and theological discourse in both traditions. The major contribution of this study is to show the commonalities in Christian and Islamic political theology, particularly in their treatment of the key religious and political values of justice and obedience.

Islamic Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; Comparative

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Justice;Kingship;Mirror;Obedience;Princes;Righteousness

Kohlstedt, Matthew August

Campo, Juan

Subdivision

Religious Studies

University of California, Santa Barbara

Call Number

1658214528; 3682962

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276903

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