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Title:

Islamic ethics of life : abortion, war, and euthanasia / edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp ; with a foreword by Gene Outka.

Publisher:

University of South Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xiii, 248 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Life in the Koran.
Life--Islam.--Islam.
Abortion--Islam.--Islam.
War--Islam.--Islam.
Euthanasia--Islam.--Islam.
Life and death, Power over--Islam.--Islam.
Abortion, Induced--ethics.
Euthanasia--ethics.
War--ethics.
Attitude to Death.
Islam.
Value of Life.
Vie dans le Coran.
Vie--Islam.--Islam.
Avortement--Islam.--Islam.
Guerre--Islam.--Islam.
Euthanasie--Islam.--Islam.
Pouvoir sur la vie et la mort--Islam.--Islam.
Ethiek.
Islam.
Abortus provocatus.
Euthanasie.

Other Authors:

Brockopp, Jonathan E., 1962-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-238) and index.

Contents:

The past in the future of Islamic ethics / A. Kevin Reinhart. 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 : abortion of the disadvantaged fetus in contemporary fatwas / Vardit Rispler-Chaim -- Between functionalism and morality : the juristic debates on the conduct of war / Khaled Abou El Fadl -- Saving and taking life in war : three modern Muslim views / 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 : shifting borders of life? / Birgit Krawietz -- The past in the future of Islamic ethics / A. Kevin Reinhart.

Series:

Studies in comparative religion

ISBN:

9781570034718 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1570034710 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2002015449

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)