Religious Law

A Religious Law is an Ethical Code that is based on a moral system that derives its principles and regulations from religious doctrines.

• Example(s):
  • Islamic Sharia,
  • Judaic Law,
  • Christian Canon Law,
  • Halakha,
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Civil Law (when divorced from religious influence),
  • Secular Legal System.
• See: Sharia, Judaism, Hindu Law, Moral Code, Morality, Religious Tradition, Antinomianism, Legalism (Theology), Islam, Bahá'í Faith, Christianity, Sermon on Law And Grace, Legal System.

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References

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/religious_law Retrieved:2023-11-6.
  • Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions. Different religious systems hold sacred law in a greater or lesser degree of importance to their belief systems, with some being explicitly antinomian whereas others are nomistic or "legalistic" in nature. In particular, religions such as Judaism, Islam and the Baháʼí Faith teach the need for revealed positive law for both state and society, whereas other religions such as Christianity generally reject the idea that this is necessary or desirable and instead emphasise the eternal moral precepts of divine law over the civil, ceremonial or judicial aspects, which may have been annulled as in theologies of grace over law. Examples of religiously derived legal codes include Christian canon law (applicable within a wider theological conception in the church, but in modern times distinct from secular state law ), Jewish halakha, Islamic sharia, and Hindu law.

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