“Every faith uses some kind of tool to understand itself better. Faith seeks understanding. The Western tradition has used philosophy to understand the truths of the faith and you come up with theology. Where as, Islam at a certain point said: we'll use law. There are these four major, developed schools of Islamic jurisprudence.” KindSaidPhilosophyUseSchoolLawUsedCertainUnderstandingFourMajorsTraditionToolsIslamWesternCome UpTheologyIslamicJurisprudence Author:Francis George
“There is the enormous corpus of Islamic law that is very rich. However, law is one rational exercise of reason. Philosophy is very different. Philosophy wants to try to understand everything. It is a better dialogue partner with faith than law.” WantTryingDifferentReasonPhilosophyLawRichExercisePartnersEnormousDialogueRationalIslamicCorpusIslamic Law Author:Francis George
“Religion doesn't start with a set of laws or rules and it doesn't start with a set of ideas. It starts with an encounter, with the living God and in our case, Christ risen from the dead. In that encounter you meet someone you can trust. That's faith: trust in truth.” IdeasLawChristCasesEncountersRisenFaith Trust Author:Francis George
“Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what is done is right or wrong, you follow the process. And so, the end result is just by definition within that alternative universe that is American law. Most people still operate within a moral universe where principles of good and bad and what is right and wrong in itself, and not just as a result of the process.” PeopleIfsStillsEndsDoneLawUniverseProcessJusticeResultsMoralPrinciplesDefinitionsAlternativesGood And BadEnd ResultsAmerican Law Author:Francis George
“The presumption that the law can tell us what natural institution is supposed to be is a formula for totalitarianism. There's not equality in a family; there never is. And yet for that reason, the family is condemned as patriarchal. The goal of this sort of legislation is about the destruction of the traditional family, not just marriage.” ReasonLawGoalNaturalDestructionInstitutionsTraditionalSupposed To BeFormulasLegislationTotalitarianismPresumptionTraditional Family Author:Francis George
“In our country [US] equality means your liberal and freedom means you're conservative. That tension is there and it can't be handled on its own terms. It can't be handled as you go out of that and go back into natural institutions or natural law or divine revelation. Something outside of the system has to tell you the system has gone wrong.” MeanCountryLawTermNaturalGoneDivineInstitutionsConservativeOur CountryTensionRevelationsNatural LawDivine Revelation Author:Francis George
