Joseph Lowry, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania, is one of the world’s leading experts on al-Shāfi‘ī (b. 150/767 – d. 204/820) , author of The Epistle on Legal Theory (the Risālah) and widely considered the founder of Islamic jurisprudence. … Continue reading Joseph Lowry: The intellectual sophistication and delicacy of Islamic legal theory