ISLAMIC ARCHIVESThe Theoretical Contraction and Expansion of the ShariahAbdolkarim Soroush

Published: 1991
Original title: قبض و بسط تئوریک شریعت
Language: Persian
Type: Book
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PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY ISLAMIC LAW ISLAM AND MODERNITY 1979–2000

The Theoretical Contraction and Expansion of the Shariah

Name: The Theoretical Contraction and Expansion of the Shariah
Author: Abdolkarim Soroush

قبض و بسط تئوریک شریعت

Abdolkarim Soroush

Soroush's best-known theory: religion itself is constant, but human understanding of it is historical and fallible, expanding and contracting with the rest of human knowledge.

Keywords: Qabz va bast-e teorik-e shari'at, evolution of religious knowledge, hermeneutics, Keyhan-e Farhangi

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Soroush, Abdolkarim. The Theoretical Contraction and Expansion of the Shariah. 1991. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/soroush-the-theoretical-contraction-and-expansion-of-the-shariah/