Striving in the path of God : Jihād and Martyrdom in Islamic thought / Asma Afsaruddin.
| Author/creator |
Afsaruddin, Asma, 1958- |
| Other author/creator | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | x, 370 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Religion |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Contents | Striving "for," "in," and "in the path of" God: Qurʾanic imperatives in the Meccan period -- Fighting in the path of God: a religious and moral obligation i -- The ethics of fighting, refraining from fighting, and peacemaking -- Dying in the path of God: exegeses of martyrdom -- Jihad and martyrdom compared in early and later ḥadith literature -- Jihad and martyrdom in early and late treatises on the merits of jihad -- The excellences of patient forbearance: counter-narratives on striving in the path of God -- Modern and contemporary debates on jihad and martyrdom I: political and militant perspectives -- Modern and contemporary debates on jihad and martyrdom II: privileging history, context, and polysemy -- Conclusion: analysis of texts: a summation. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-355) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012037220 |
| ISBN | 9780199730933 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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