MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01535cam a2200241 a 4500
001 2012037220
003 DLC
005 20140123074216.0
008 120912s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012037220
020 $a9780199730933 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBP182$b.A34 2013
082 00 $a297.7/2$223
100 1 $aAfsaruddin, Asma,$d1958-
245 10 $aStriving in the path of God :$bJihād and Martyrdom in Islamic thought /$cAsma Afsaruddin.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$cc2013.
300 $ax, 370 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-355) and index.
505 0 $aStriving "for," "in," and "in the path of" God: Qurʼanic imperatives in the Meccan period -- Fighting in the path of God: a religious and moral obligation i -- The ethics of fighting, refraining from fighting, and peacemaking -- Dying in the path of God: exegeses of martyrdom -- Jihad and martyrdom compared in early and later ḥadith literature -- Jihad and martyrdom in early and late treatises on the merits of jihad -- The excellences of patient forbearance: counter-narratives on striving in the path of God -- Modern and contemporary debates on jihad and martyrdom I: political and militant perspectives -- Modern and contemporary debates on jihad and martyrdom II: privileging history, context, and polysemy -- Conclusion: analysis of texts: a summation.
650 0 $aJihad.
650 0 $aReligious life$xIslam.
650 0 $aMartyrdom$xIslam.