What the Rest Think of the West: Since 600 AD the criterion for distinguishing legal opinion from judicial rulings and the administrative acts of judges and rulers "Those with Authority Among You"

"Those with Authority Among You"

this anthology is born of the conviction that open-hearted engagement across our differences is a prerequisite for healthy civic life today

were forced to make a painful and self-defeating choice—either to abandon Koranic Islam

they need a hierarchy of crucial decisions

On Divine Love

What the Rest Think of the West: Since 600 AD the criterion for distinguishing legal opinion from judicial rulings and the administrative acts of judges and rulers "Those with Authority Among You"Over the past few centuries, as Western civilization has enjoyed an expansive and flexible geographic domain, Westerners have observed other cultures with little interest in a return gaze. In turn, these other civilizations have been similarly disinclined when they have held sway. Clearly, though, an external frame of reference outstrips introspectionwe cannot see ourselves as others see us. Unprecedented in its scope, What the Rest Think of the West