Joshua Ralston is Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the University of Edinburgh and co-founder and director of the Christian-Muslim Studies Network, supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.

• Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; 1. Christian political theology as comparative theology; 2. Neither conciliation nor confrontation: a comparative approach to sharī'a and islamic jurisprudence; 3. 'That hideous schizophrenia:' a genealogy of muslim critiques of christian theologies of law; 4. The difficulty with distinctions: justin martyr, thomas aquinas, and martin luther on law; 5. Building a christological legal foundation: a conversation with karl barth; 6. The witness of law in comparative perspective; Conclusion: toward a comparative theo-legal discourse; Selected bibliography; Index.

The book develops the idea that we can learn as Christians and Westerners from the idea of law in Islam. And at the same time when we start to learn from Islam, this way of learning can invite Muslims to rethink their own attitude towards modernity and secularism. This move is really brilliant and of highest originality. I am not aware of any work which follows this path for the subject of law, especially not in this depth and with this scrutiny. Klaus von Stosch, Head of the Centre of Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies at the university of Paderborn, Germany

Joshua Ralston is Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the University of Edinburgh and co-founder and director of the Christian-Muslim Studies Network, supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.

• Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; 1. Christian political theology as comparative theology; 2. Neither conciliation nor confrontation: a comparative approach to sharī'a and islamic jurisprudence; 3. 'That hideous schizophrenia:' a genealogy of muslim critiques of christian theologies of law; 4. The difficulty with distinctions: justin martyr, thomas aquinas, and martin luther on law; 5. Building a christological legal foundation: a conversation with karl barth; 6. The witness of law in comparative perspective; Conclusion: toward a comparative theo-legal discourse; Selected bibliography; Index.

The book develops the idea that we can learn as Christians and Westerners from the idea of law in Islam. And at the same time when we start to learn from Islam, this way of learning can invite Muslims to rethink their own attitude towards modernity and secularism. This move is really brilliant and of highest originality. I am not aware of any work which follows this path for the subject of law, especially not in this depth and with this scrutiny. Klaus von Stosch, Head of the Centre of Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies at the university of Paderborn, Germany

Joshua Ralston is Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the University of Edinburgh and co-founder and director of the Christian-Muslim Studies Network, supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.

• Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; 1. Christian political theology as comparative theology; 2. Neither conciliation nor confrontation: a comparative approach to sharī'a and islamic jurisprudence; 3. 'That hideous schizophrenia:' a genealogy of muslim critiques of christian theologies of law; 4. The difficulty with distinctions: justin martyr, thomas aquinas, and martin luther on law; 5. Building a christological legal foundation: a conversation with karl barth; 6. The witness of law in comparative perspective; Conclusion: toward a comparative theo-legal discourse; Selected bibliography; Index.

The book develops the idea that we can learn as Christians and Westerners from the idea of law in Islam. And at the same time when we start to learn from Islam, this way of learning can invite Muslims to rethink their own attitude towards modernity and secularism. This move is really brilliant and of highest originality. I am not aware of any work which follows this path for the subject of law, especially not in this depth and with this scrutiny. Klaus von Stosch, Head of the Centre of Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies at the university of Paderborn, Germany