02842nam 2200613 a 450 991077822680332120230721032010.01-58901-463-41-4356-2756-3(CKB)1000000000482885(EBL)547817(OCoLC)652626247(SSID)ssj0000238328(PQKBManifestationID)11186273(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238328(PQKBWorkID)10222152(PQKB)10419361(MiAaPQ)EBC547817(OCoLC)191734011(MdBmJHUP)muse15233(Au-PeEL)EBL547817(CaPaEBR)ebr10236729(EXLCZ)99100000000048288520070306d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rights of God[electronic resource] Islam, human rights, and comparative ethics /Irene OhWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Press20071 online resource (167 p.)Advancing human rights seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-184-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 145 -150 ) and index.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; IndexPromoting 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 Advancing human rights series.Islam and civil societyHuman rightsReligious aspectsIslamIslam and humanismIslam and civil society.Human rightsReligious aspectsIslam.Islam and humanism.297.2/72Oh Irene1567755MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778226803321The rights of God3839386UNINA