Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.
Contents
Taking life and saving life : the Islamic context / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- The problem of abortion in classical Sunni fiqh / Marion Holmes Katz -- Contemporary Muslim ethics of abortion / Donna Lee Bowen -- The right not to be born / Vardit Rispler-Chaim -- Between functionalism and morality / Khaled Abou El Fadl -- Saving and taking life in war / Sohail H. Hashmi -- Discourses on Jihad in the postmodern era / Richard C. Martin -- The good death in Islamic theology and Law / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- Brain death and Islamic traditions / Birgit Krawietz -- Islamic ethics of life : future challenges / A. Kevin Reinhart.
