The rights of God : Islam, human rights, and comparative ethics / Irene Oh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oh, Irene.

Series:

Advancing human rights series.

Advancing human rights series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and civil society.

Human rights--Religious aspects--Islam.

Human rights.

Islam and humanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Islam, human rights, and comparative ethics

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145 -150 ) and index.

ISBN:

9781589014633

1589014634

9781435627567

1435627563

OCLC:

652626247