Sosyal Değişim, Tarihsellik ve Nesh Bağlamında Şeriat, Prof. Dr. Talip Özdeş, Fecr Yayınları, Ankara 2023, 110 s.

Abstract

The number of qualified academic studies on what Sharīʿa is and its relationship with "social change", "historicity" and "naskh" has been increasing in recent years. In this context, the discussions and writings on social change, Qur'an, Sunnah, Sharīʿa, historicity and naskh on the axis of Westernism and Islam continue to form part of the agenda. One of these works is Prof. Dr. Talip Özdeş's "Sharīʿa in the Context of Social Change, Historicity and Naskh". With this study, it is aimed to eliminate the confusion around the concept of "Sharīʿa", to contribute to social reconciliation by eliminating the grounds for abuse, and the subject has been handled and processed with a purely supra-political scientific approach. This study first focuses on the issues of social change, historicity and naskh with an analytical approach in order to understand the concept of "sharīʿa" correctly and to place it on its center. Then, based on the same ground, the concept of "sharīʿa" is focused on. The concept in question has been examined lexically and semantically, and information and evaluations have been made on what it expresses in the Qur'an and its dimensions based on the integrity of the Qur'an. Again, the meaning relationship of the concept of "sharia" with the concepts of "shir'at" and "shar'î" from the same root has been emphasized, information and evaluations have been made. In this study, which has been prepared with a rich literature by using the basic sources in the field, the subjects have been handled in a concise manner and examined in various aspects from an academic and scientific perspective.