edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp ; with a foreword by Gene Outka.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Columbia, S.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of South Carolina Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 248 p. ;
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in comparative religion
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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 -- Islam.