05800nam a22006015i 4500 978-3-031-60188-0 DE-He213 20251030111810.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240924s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031601880 978-3-031-60188-0 10.1007/978-3-031-60188-0 doi E171-183.9 HBJK bicssc HIS036000 bisacsh NHK thema Weller, R. Charles. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 74890 Moses, Muhammad and Nature’s God in Early American Religious-Legal History, 1640-1830 [electronic resource] : A Global Crosscultural Perspective / by R. Charles Weller. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVIII, 403 p. 8 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. The Recent National and International Past as Prelude -- Section One: Mosaic Law and Islamic Natural Law in the pre-Founding, Founding and Early post-Founding Eras, 1640-1830 -- 2. The Transatlantic Mingling of Christian, European Jewish and Islamic Views of Mosaic and Islamic Law, 1625-1800 -- 3. John Adams, Mosaic Law and the Boston Massacre Trial against the Backdrop of English Royal Revisions of New England Puritan Law, 1640-1800 -- 4. Franklin, Witherspoon, Jefferson and American National Law against the Backdrop of English and Scottish Enlightenment Views of Mosaic Law, 1755-1800 -- 5. Reservations and Ruminations among Key American Founders over the Historicity, Authenticity and Authority of Mosaic Law, 1770-1830 -- 6. Banterings, Jestings, Historical Precedents & Typological Appropriations of the Mosaic Corpus among Key American Founders, 1760-1800 -- 7. The Jews and Torah in Early America, 1654-1830 -- 8. Retrospect: Toward Clarifying the Place and Role of Mosaic Law in the American Founding, 1785-1850 -- Section Two: Islamic and Comparative Mosaic-Jewish and Christian Law & Ethics among American Founders and Various American Commentators and Observers, 1700-1830 -- 9. Islamic and Comparative Mosaic-Jewish and Christian Law and Ethics in Cotton Mather, George Sale, Abraham Hyacinth Anquetil-Duperron and Key American Founders, 1700-1800 -- 10. Islamic and Comparative Mosaic-Jewish and Christian Law & Ethics in American Historical-Geographical, Naval-Merchant and Diplomatic Accounts, 1795-1830 -- 11. Scaffolding, Foundations, Framings and Sources for the Study. “A groundbreaking book…a very solid, well-researched and innovative argument which merits recognition in any discussion of the role of religious thought in America's legal traditions.” – Mark D. McGarvie, former Visiting Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School, USA “A major contribution to public discourse on this crucial question, having immediate theoretical and practical import.” – David Novak, J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Toronto, Canada “Should be essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of law, religion and politics in US history.” – Anver Emon, Professor and Research Chair in Islamic Legal History, University of Toronto, Canada “An impressive work of historical excavation with lessons for the present.” – Chris Beneke, Professor of Early American Religious and Intellectual History, Bentley University, USA This is the first comparative study of Mosaic and Islamic law in American history to be published. Constructing a complex picture in trans-Atlantic, trans-European and world historical perspectives, this book elucidates the intersections that lie beneath and behind the rise of the debates in the 1990s and 2000s over the promotion of the Ten Commandments and Mosaic Law as alleged sources of American Constitutional law and symbols of American national identity. These debates have taken shape in close connection with resurgent anti-Semitism, anti-Sharia protests and anti-Sharia legislation throughout the United States and other Western societies. R. Charles Weller, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of History (Career), Washington State University, USA, and Senior Research Fellow, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan. He has also been a visiting fellow at Yale University (2010-11), a non-residential visiting researcher at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (2014-2019) and Affiliate Faculty of History (Research) at George Mason University (2021-22). United States History. 67655 Judaism History. 74891 Islam Study and teaching. 66932 Islam and the social sciences. 71855 Islamic sociology. 71856 Jews Study and teaching. 74892 Judaism and culture. 74893 US History. 67657 Jewish History. 74894 Islamic Studies. 66937 Social Scientific Studies of Islam. 71860 Jewish Studies. 74895 Jewish Cultural Studies. 74896 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031601873 Printed edition: 9783031601897 Printed edition: 9783031601903 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60188-0 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 59021 59021