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

• Autore: Oh Irene
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.2/72
• Soggetto topico: Islam and civil society; Human rights - Religious aspects - Islam; Islam and humanism
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The rights of God
• ISBN: 1-58901-463-4; 1-4356-2756-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778226803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advancing human rights series.