Islamic Peace Ethics

Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Contemporary Islamic Thought

edited by Heydar Shadi

Book cover: Islamic Peace Ethics

Extent: 263 pages

Publisher: Aschendorff Verlag

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Social Sciences 

Series: Studien zur Friedensethik

Series volume number: 57

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 2018)

ISBN: 9783402117040

Price: $64.00

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This book addresses the arguments of contemporary Muslim thinkers regarding war and peace. It takes into account the confessional, geographical and ideological diversity of Islamic peace ethics and includes papers on peace ethics by different groups and scholars who represent both the Sunni and Shi’a branches of Islam, as well as on different attitudes towards violence from pacifism and traditionalism to fundamentalism and jihadism. The chapters of the book discuss the topic from different disciplinary perspectives, such as theology, philosophy, religious studies, cultural studies and the political sciences.

This book addresses the arguments of contemporary Muslim thinkers regarding war and peace. It takes into account the confessional, geographical and ideological diversity of Islamic peace ethics and includes papers on peace ethics by different groups and scholars who represent both the Sunni and Shi’a branches of Islam, as well as on different attitudes towards violence from pacifism and traditionalism to fundamentalism and jihadism. The chapters of the book discuss the topic from different disciplinary perspectives, such as theology, philosophy, religious studies, cultural studies and the political sciences.

  • Edited by Heydar Shadi

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