Māwardī and Augustine on Governance: How to Restrain the Restrainer?

According to the classical Muslim scholar Māwardī, rule is to bring about just order in society in accordance with God’s intentions. The state thus has a role in bringing about divine purposes, and yet Māwardī recognizes the flawed condition of humanity, the ruler included, making it vital that rule...

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Main Author: Heck, Paul L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2016]
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 158-168
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBE Anthropology
NCD Political ethics
TG High Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Justice
B Nature
B Sovereignty
B Ethics
B Māwardī
B Muslim scholars
B Sin
B AL-Mawardi, Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Muhammad
B SOVEREIGNTY (Political science) Religious aspects
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Summary:According to the classical Muslim scholar Māwardī, rule is to bring about just order in society in accordance with God’s intentions. The state thus has a role in bringing about divine purposes, and yet Māwardī recognizes the flawed condition of humanity, the ruler included, making it vital that rule be based not solely on the divinely endowed agency of the ruler but more precisely on a set of rules meant to purge the soul of disordered inclinations. In that sense, there are grounds for drawing comparisons between Māwardī and Augustine.
ISSN:0953-9468
Reference:Kritik in "Towards a Monotheistic Democratic Constitutionalism? Convergent Themes in Oliver O’Donovan, Sajjad Rizvi and Paul Heck (2016)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946815623129