Just War And Jihad
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Author |
: R. Joseph Hoffmann |
Publisher |
: Prometheus Books |
Total Pages |
: 303 |
Release |
: 2010-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781615924042 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1615924043 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Just War And Jihad by : R. Joseph Hoffmann
The articles collected in this volume represent the independent and considered thinking of internationally known scholars from a variety of disciplines concerning the relationship between religion and violence, with special reference to the theories of "just war" and "jihad," technical terms that arise in connection with the theology of early medieval Christianity and early Islam, respectively. The contributors include Hector Avalos, Charles K. Bellinger, Bahar Davary, Carol Delaney, J. Harold Ellens, Reuven Firestone, R. Joseph Hoffmann, Judith Lichtenberg, Pauletta Otis, Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, Laura Purdy, Joyce E. Salisbury, Regina M. Schwartz, and Robert B. Tapp. In the present global and political climate, the significant conversation about why religions provoke conflict and whether any religion is truly "harmless" cannot be ignored.
Author |
: John Kelsay |
Publisher |
: Praeger |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 1991-05-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015024986138 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Just War and Jihad by : John Kelsay
Instructs readers about the religious contexts that nurtured ideas regarding statecraft, international law, and the aims and limits of peace and warfare--Introduction.
Author |
: John Kelsay |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 284 |
Release |
: 2007-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 067402639X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674026391 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Synopsis Arguing the Just War in Islam by : John Kelsay
Jihad, with its many terrifying associations, is a term widely used today, though its meaning is poorly grasped. Few people understand the circumstances requiring a jihad, or "holy" war, or how Islamic militants justify their violent actions within the framework of the religious tradition of Islam. How Islam, with more than one billion followers, interprets jihad and establishes its precepts has become a critical issue for both the Muslim and the non-Muslim world. John Kelsay's timely and important work focuses on jihad of the sword in Islamic thought, history, and culture. Making use of original sources, Kelsay delves into the tradition of shari'a--Islamic jurisprudence and reasoning--and shows how it defines jihad as the Islamic analogue of the Western "just" war. He traces the arguments of thinkers over the centuries who have debated the legitimacy of war through appeals to shari'a reasoning. He brings us up to the present and demonstrates how contemporary Muslims across the political spectrum continue this quest for a realistic ethics of war within the Islamic tradition. Arguing the Just War in Islam provides a systematic account of how Islam's central texts interpret jihad, guiding us through the historical precedents and Qur'anic sources upon which today's claims to doctrinal truth and legitimate authority are made. In illuminating the broad spectrum of Islam's moral considerations of the just war, Kelsay helps Muslims and non-Muslims alike make sense of the possibilities for future war and peace.
Author |
: Ḥilmī Zawātī |
Publisher |
: Edwin Mellen Press |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0773473041 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780773473041 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Is Jihād a Just War? by : Ḥilmī Zawātī
This work is an analytical study of jihad (just war) which helps to focus the attention of human rights and minority groups to a cause that should have been a focal point of their concern for several decades now. The concept of jihad has sometimes been abused by irresponsible leaders within the Islamic world and used to inflame the passions of those for whom the richness of Islamic law is reduced to slogans and billboards. Similarly, jihad has been invoked by Western analysts who are completely ignorant of the Islamic tradition, to justify assertions of evil intent on the part of millions of the Muslim faithful. Zawati analyzes both Western and Islamic legal concepts and attempts to point a way out of this mess. He draws on primary sources, including books, articles and official documents, and his book should be interesting reading for Muslims who seek to better define their relations with the non-Muslim world, and for anyone wishing to escape the caricature of orientalism and the end-game of clashing civiizations.
Author |
: Sohail H. Hashmi |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 456 |
Release |
: 2012-07-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199920822 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199920826 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads by : Sohail H. Hashmi
Surveying the period from the rise of Islam in the early seventh century to the present day, Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads is the first book to investigate in depth the historical interaction among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim ideas about when the use of force is justified. Grouped under the three labels of just war, holy war, and jihad, these ideas are explored throughout twenty chapters that cover wide-ranging topics from the impact of the early Islamic conquests upon Byzantine, Syriac, and Muslim thinking on justified war to analyzing the impact of international law and terrorism on conceptions of just war and jihad in the modern day. This study serves as a major contribution to the comparative study of the ethics of war and peace.
Author |
: Lloyd H. Steffen |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 334 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0742558487 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780742558489 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Holy War, Just War by : Lloyd H. Steffen
Holy War, Just War explores the "dark side" in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence. The book states that religion has within its own conceptual tools the resources to understand its own dark side and that religious people must subject their religion to a moral vision of goodness and constrain those parts that make for violence and hatred.
Author |
: J. Daryl Charles |
Publisher |
: InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages |
: 206 |
Release |
: 2009-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0830874534 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780830874538 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Between Pacifism and Jihad by : J. Daryl Charles
Pacifism. Jihad. Militarism. Are these our only alternatives for dealing with global injustice today? J. Daryl Charles leads us to reconsider a Christian view of the use of force to maintain or reestablish justice. He shows how love for a neighbor can warrant the just use of force. Reviewing and updating the widely recognized but not necessarily well-understood just-war teaching of the church through the ages, Charles shows how it captures many of the concerns of the pacifist position while deliberately avoiding, on the other side, the excesses of jihad and militarism. Aware of our contemporary global situation, Charles addresses the unique challenges of dealing with international terrorism.
Author |
: John Kelsay |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2009-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674033542 |
ISBN-13 |
: 067403354X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Arguing the Just War in Islam by : John Kelsay
Jihad, with its many terrifying associations, is a term widely used today, though its meaning is poorly grasped. Few people understand the circumstances requiring a jihad, or "holy" war, or how Islamic militants justify their violent actions within the framework of the religious tradition of Islam. How Islam, with more than one billion followers, interprets jihad and establishes its precepts has become a critical issue for both the Muslim and the non-Muslim world. John Kelsay's timely and important work focuses on jihad of the sword in Islamic thought, history, and culture. Making use of original sources, Kelsay delves into the tradition of shari'a--Islamic jurisprudence and reasoning--and shows how it defines jihad as the Islamic analogue of the Western "just" war. He traces the arguments of thinkers over the centuries who have debated the legitimacy of war through appeals to shari'a reasoning. He brings us up to the present and demonstrates how contemporary Muslims across the political spectrum continue this quest for a realistic ethics of war within the Islamic tradition. Arguing the Just War in Islam provides a systematic account of how Islam's central texts interpret jihad, guiding us through the historical precedents and Qur'anic sources upon which today's claims to doctrinal truth and legitimate authority are made. In illuminating the broad spectrum of Islam's moral considerations of the just war, Kelsay helps Muslims and non-Muslims alike make sense of the possibilities for future war and peace.
Author |
: James Turner Johnson |
Publisher |
: Penn State Press |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2010-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0271042141 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780271042145 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions by : James Turner Johnson
Explores the attitudes of Western Christianity and Islam toward war for religion, explaining the differences in the two cultural traditions that result in fundamentally different perceptions of the nature of religious wars.
Author |
: Jean Bethke Elshtain |
Publisher |
: Basic Books (AZ) |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 2003-04-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0465019102 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780465019106 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Just War Against Terror by : Jean Bethke Elshtain
The University of Chicago political philosopher applies "just war theory" to the war on terror and concludes that pacifism is an inappropriate response to the events of September 11, 2001. 35,000 first printing.