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Commanding right and forbidding wrong in Islamic thought /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Commanding right and forbidding wrong in Islamic thought // Michael Cook.
remainder title:	Commanding Right & Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought
Author:	Cook, Michael,
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 702 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Islam - Doctrines. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511497452
ISBN:	9780511497452 (ebook)

Commanding right and forbidding wrong in Islamic thought /
Cook, Michael,1940-

Commanding right and forbidding wrong in Islamic thought /Commanding Right & Forbidding Wrong in Islamic ThoughtMichael Cook. - 1 online resource (xvii, 702 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

pt. 1. Introductory -- pt. 2. The Hanbalites -- pt. 3. The Mu'tazilites and Shi'ites -- pt. 4. Other sects and schools -- pt. 5. Beyond classical Islam.

What kind of duty do we have to try to stop other people doing wrong? The question is intelligible in just about any culture, but few of them seek to answer it in a rigourous fashion. The most striking exception is found in the Islamic tradition, where 'commanding right' and 'forbidding wrong' is a central moral tenet already mentioned in the Koran. As an historian of Islam whose research has ranged widely over space and time, Michael Cook is well placed to interpret this complex subject. His book represents the first sustained attempt to map the history of Islamic reflection on this obligation. It covers the origins of Muslim thinking about 'forbidding wrong', the relevant doctrinal developments over the centuries, and its significance in Sunni and Shi'ite thought today. In this way the book contributes to the understanding of Islamic thought, its relevance to contemporary Islamic politics and ideology, and raises fundamental questions for the comparative study of ethics.

ISBN: 9780511497452 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

783111
Islam
--Doctrines.

LC Class. No.: BJ1291 / .C66 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 297.5

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