1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459657803321

Autore

Ghaly Mohammed.

Titolo

Islam and disability : perspectives in theology and jurisprudence / / Mohammed Ghaly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-22954-6

1-135-22955-4

1-282-56627-X

9786612566271

0-203-86508-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Routledge Islamic studies series ; ; 11

Disciplina

297.087

297.27

Soggetti

People with disabilities - Religious aspects - Islam

Islam and justice

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; PART I Islamic theology; 2 Speculative theology; 3 Practical theology; PART II Islamic jurisprudence; 4 Human dignity of people with disabilities: influence of physiognomy?; 5 The ethics of writing on people with disabilities; 6 Employability of people with disabilities; 7 Medical treatment of people with disabilities; 8 Financial aid for people with disabilities; 9 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Arabic terms index; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the position of Islamic theology and jurisprudence towards people with disabilities. It investigates how early and modern Muslim scholars tried to reconcile their existence with the concept of a merciful God, and also looks at how people with disabilities might live a dignified and productive life within an Islamic context.In his analysis of Islamic Theology, Ghaly pays attention to how theologians, philosophers and Sufis reflected on the purposes behind the existence



of this phenomenon, and how to reconcile the existence of disability with specific divine attribut

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959504703321

Autore

Simpson P

Titolo

Reimagining the European Family : Cultures of Immigration / / by P. Simpson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

9781349475858

1349475858

9781137371843

1137371846

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Studies in European Culture and History, , 2945-6282

Disciplina

306.850943

Soggetti

Culture

Communication

Culture - Study and teaching

Sociology

Social groups

Ethnology - Europe

Race

Sociology of Culture

Media and Communication

Cultural Studies

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

European Culture

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Reimagining the European Family: Cultures of Immigration; One



Defining the "German" Family in the European Context: Men at Work; Two Elective Affinities: Motherhood and Families Without Borders; Three Russian German Immigration and Imagined Families; Four Japanese German Kinships: Imagining Postwar Masculinity; Five Immigration Nations: Comedy and the New Family; Conclusion Postfamilial Europe?; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Re-imagining the Family explores contemporary films and literature about the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the structure and the stories of the contemporary 'European' family, with a focus on Germany.