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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Language: | English |
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Wiley
[2014]
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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
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RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam NCB Personal ethics NCF Sexual ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics XA Law |
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