Suggested Themes

ICJECA2017 encourages prospective participants to closely discuss the following suggested topics in light of the overall contribution of the school of the Ahl al-Bayt in advancing the ethics of justice:

1. Islamic (re)sources for justice and ethics

a. Religious (re)sources in the modern discourse of justice

b. Revelation and reason in the development of Islamic ethics of justice

c. Islamic heritage in Imam al-Ridha’s teachings on justice and ethics

d. Justice and relational ethics in the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt

e. Distributive justice in the jurisprudential heritage of the Ahl al-Bayt

2. Justice and ethics from the perspective of theology, jurisprudence, and philosophy

a. Theological ethics of human responsibility

b. Jurisprudential and legal implications of justice

c. Responsible choice by the citizen in preserving just polity

d. The ethical philosophy of the just society

e. The purpose of human life: a just society?

3. Islamic ethical discourse and legal justice discourse

a. Ethical values and the paradigms of justice

b. Contemporary globalization of the culture of justice

c. Sources for and barriers against the growth of indigenous culture of justice

d. Problematizing the application of justice in contemporary society

e. Various areas of applied ethics of justice in the Ahl al-Bayt school

4. The ethics of dialogue and just coexistence in the teachings of Imam al-Ridha

a. Important aspects of Imam al-Ridha’s life as sources of unity among Muslims

b. The possibility and realization of true interfaith dialogue

c. The Razavi paradigm of coexistence

d. The future of intra- and inter-religious relations within the Islamic world

e. Religious conflict resolution in the teachings of Imam al-Ridha

5. Justice and the civilizational interaction of Islam with other civilizations

a. The role of justice in the flourishing of Islamic civilization

b. Justice as a criterion in the civilizational structure of Islam

c. Ethics founded upon Islamic justice in civilizational interaction

d. The significance of justice in the convergence of civilizations

e. Justice as a characteristic of Islamic politics and state

f. Justice and the new Islamic civilization

6. Mashhad as a source of cultural unity and Islamic spirituality

a. The main characteristics of Mashhad as potential sources of unity

b. Spiritual and intellectual (re)sources in Mashhad in the field of Islamic studies

c. Mashhad as the beating heart of peace-based Islamic Revival

d. Notable scholars and intellectuals from Mashhad