Social Contract Theory in Islamic Sources?

Authors

  • Ulrika Mårtensson The Norwegian University of Science and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.32431

Keywords:

Islam, Social Contract Theory, Comparative Islamic Studies

Author Biography

  • Ulrika Mårtensson, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Ulrika Mårtensson researches early Islamic history and historiography, focusing on how religious symbols express social contract theories and legal-economic issues. She is also doing research on the Qur'an, employing both historical and exegetical-legal perspectives and comparing early Islamic approaches to the Qur'an with contemporary research. Other research interests concern Islam as it is developing in the institutional contexts and public spheres of the Nordic welfare states; and 'political Islam'.

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Published

2017-03-24

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Editorial

How to Cite

Mårtensson, U. (2017). Social Contract Theory in Islamic Sources?. Comparative Islamic Studies, 10(2), 129-136. https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.32431