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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778226803321

Autore

Oh Irene

Titolo

The rights of God [[electronic resource] ] : Islam, human rights, and comparative ethics / / Irene Oh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-58901-463-4

1-4356-2756-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

Advancing human rights series

Disciplina

297.2/72

Soggetti

Islam and civil society

Human rights - Religious aspects - Islam

Islam and humanism

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 (p. 145 -150 ) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Defining Dialogue; 1 Conversations about Human Rights and Islam; 2 Maududi, Qutb, and Soroush: Humanity and History; 3 Envisioning Islamic Democracies; 4 The Free Conscience: "No Compulsion in Religion"; 5 Toleration . . . and Its Limits; Conclusion: Advancing Human Rights Dialogue; Notes; Glossary of Foreign Words and Phrases; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Promoting Islam as a defender of human rights is laden with difficulties. Advocates of human rights will readily point out numerous humanitarian failures carried out in the name of Islam. In The Rights of God, Irene Oh looks at human rights and Islam as a religious issue rather than a political or legal one and draws on three revered Islamic scholars to offer a broad range of perspectives that challenge our assumptions about the role of religion in human rights.The theoretical shift from the conception of morality based in natural duty and law to one of rights has created tensions that hinder