Commanding right and forbidding wrong in Islamic thought /

Do we have a duty to stop others doing wrong? The question is intelligible in any civilization, but only in the Islamic tradition is 'commanding right and forbidding wrong' a central moral tenet. Michael Cook's analysis is the first to chart the history of Islamic reflection on this o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cook, M. A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Islamic ethics.
Religious life > Islam.
Islam > Doctrines.
Morale islamique.
Vie religieuse > Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Islam > Doctrines
Islamic ethics
Religious life > Islam
Islam.
Ethiek.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I INTRODUCTORY; PART II THE HANBALITES; PART III THE MUTAZILITES AND SHIITES; PART IV OTHER SECTS AND SCHOOLS; PART V BEYOND CLASSICAL ISLAM; APPENDIX 1 KEY KORANIC VERSES AND TRADITIONS; APPENDIX 2 BARHEBRAEUS ON FORBIDDING WRONG; BIBLIOGRAPHY; POSTSCRIPT; INDEX.

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