Family Planning in the Legacy of Islam - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0415055415 ISBN 13: 9780415055413

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1992

Riassunto

How has the Islamic view of marriage, family formation and child rearing developed and adapted over the centuries? Is contraception just permitted or actively encouraged?
The family is the basic social unit of Islamic society. Even without compelling population pressures, there has been concern with spacing and family planning. This book is the result of a massive research project, gathering fourteen centuries (the seventh to the twentieth) of views on family formation and planning, as expressed by leading Islamic theologians and jurists. The work has been discussed and shaped at each stage by a committee of Islamic experts representing the majority of the Muslim countries.
The book provides a much needed source of reference and will be of equal value and interest to professionals in health care and development work and to those working in the academic disciplines of Middle East studies, religion and population studies.

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The family is the basic social unit of Islamic society. Even without compelling population pressures there has been a concern with spacing and family planning. Family Planning in Islam is the result of a massive research project, reviewing fourteen centuries of views on family formation and planning as expressed by leading Islamic theologians and jurists. The work has been discussed and shaped at each stage by a committee of Islamic experts representing the majority of the Muslim countries. The writers review the centrality of marriage as an institution and the many rights and obligations of both children and parents. They then review the prophetic teachings and traditions of the Qur'an and Sunnah, synthesise theological writings on family planning in Islamic jurisprudence from the seventh to the nineteenth centuries and examine the thinking of writers from the nine main schools. Finally, the writers look at family planning in the twentieth century with the increased pressure of population control, health care and rapid urbanisation.

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Foreword by Dr. Nafis Sadir, Executive Director at UNFPA and the 1st muslim woman from the Third World ever to head a UN agency

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0415055415
• ISBN 13: 9780415055413
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 306
• Redattore: Omran Abdel-Rahim