Islamic ethics of life
Subtitle: abortion, war, and euthanasia
By: edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp ; with a foreword by Gene Outka.
Contributors: Brockopp, Jonathan E., 1962-
Series: Studies in comparative religion; Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: 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.; Abortion, Induced -- ethics.; Euthanasia -- ethics.; War -- ethics.; Attitude to Death.; Islam.; Value of Life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Taking life and saving life : the Islamic context / Jonathan E. Brockopp; title: The problem of abortion in classical Sunni fiqh / Marion Holmes Katz; title: Contemporary Muslim ethics of abortion / Donna Lee Bowen; title: The right not to be born / Vardit Rispler-Chaim; title: Between functionalism and morality /   Khaled Abou El Fadl; title: Saving and taking life in war /  Sohail H. Hashmi; title: Discourses on Jihad in the postmodern era / Richard C. Martin; title: The good death in Islamic theology and Law / Jonathan E. Brockopp; title: Brain death and Islamic traditions / Birgit Krawietz; title: Islamic ethics of life : future challenges / A. Kevin Reinhart.