Striving in the path of God :
Afsaruddin, Asma, 1958-
Striving in the path of God : jihad and martyrdom in Islamic thought / Asma Afsaruddin. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. - x, 370 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Striving "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.
9780199730933 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0199730938 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2012037220
GBB324130 bnb
016299095 Uk
Jihad.
Religious life--Islam.
Martyrdom--Islam.
BP182 / .A34 2013
297.72
Striving in the path of God : jihad and martyrdom in Islamic thought / Asma Afsaruddin. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. - x, 370 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Striving "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.
9780199730933 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0199730938 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2012037220
GBB324130 bnb
016299095 Uk
Jihad.
Religious life--Islam.
Martyrdom--Islam.
BP182 / .A34 2013
297.72