Two Shi‘i jurisprudential methodologies to address medical and bioethical challenges: traditional Ijtihād and foundational Ijtihād

The legal-ethical dynamism in Islamic law which allows it to respond to the challenges of modernity is said to reside in the institution of ijtihād (independent legal thinking and hermeneutics). However, jurists like Mohsen Kadivar and Ayatollah Faḍlalla have argued that the “traditional ijtihād” pa...

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Main Author: Mavani, Hamid (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley [2014]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 263-284
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Shi'ah / Islamic law / Flexibility / Ijtihad / Bioethics
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
NCB Personal ethics
NCF Sexual ethics
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
XA Law
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
Parallel Edition:Electronic