Islamic ethics of life : abortion, war, and euthanasia / edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp ; with a foreword by Gene Outka.
Contributor(s): Brockopp, Jonathan E.
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BookSeries: Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.): Publisher: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2003Description: xiii, 248 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1570034710 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Life in the Koran | Life -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Islam | War -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Euthanasia -- Religious aspects -- Islam
| Life and death, Power over -- Religious aspects -- IslamDDC classification: 297.5/697
Contents:
Taking life and saving life : the Islamic context / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- The problem of abortion in classical Sunni fiqh / Marion Holmes Katz -- Contemporary Muslim ethics of abortion / Donna Lee Bowen -- The right not to be born / Vardit Rispler-Chaim -- Between functionalism and morality / Khaled Abou El Fadl -- Saving and taking life in war / Sohail H. Hashmi -- Discourses on Jihad in the postmodern era / Richard C. Martin -- The good death in Islamic theology and Law / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- Brain death and Islamic traditions / Birgit Krawietz -- Islamic ethics of life : future challenges / A. Kevin Reinhart.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-238) and index.
Taking life and saving life : the Islamic context / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- The problem of abortion in classical Sunni fiqh / Marion Holmes Katz -- Contemporary Muslim ethics of abortion / Donna Lee Bowen -- The right not to be born / Vardit Rispler-Chaim -- Between functionalism and morality / Khaled Abou El Fadl -- Saving and taking life in war / Sohail H. Hashmi -- Discourses on Jihad in the postmodern era / Richard C. Martin -- The good death in Islamic theology and Law / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- Brain death and Islamic traditions / Birgit Krawietz -- Islamic ethics of life : future challenges / A. Kevin Reinhart.
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