Islamic ethics of life :Abortion, War, and Euthanasia
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abortion, war, and euthanasia /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp ; with a foreword by Gene Outka.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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uk :
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koros press
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2015.
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296 p. ;
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23 cm.
SERIES
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Studies in comparative religion
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-238) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.