TY  - BOOK
AU  - Afsaruddin,Asma
TI  - Striving in the path of God: jihad and martyrdom in Islamic thought 
SN  - 9780199730933 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - BP182 .A34 2013
U1  - 297.72 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Jihad
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Islam
KW  - Martyrdom
N1  - 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
ER  -