Marriage as Civil Union in Lockean Liberal Thought and Islamic Jurisprudence

• In Event: Political Theology, Liberalism and Jurisprudence

Brief Overview

I unpack how Islamic jurisprudence and Lockean liberal political thought on marriage as civil contract are converging and how they both share similar moral and gendered dilemmas and ambiguities specific of their suggested contract situation.

Author

• Helen Lindberg, Uppsala University