Family Planning in the Legacy of Islam

Informationen zum Autor Abdel-Rahim Omran Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Providing a much-needed source of reference and examining how the Islamic view of marriage, family formation and child rearing has developed over the centuries, this book is a comprehensive and ground-breaking work in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Dr. Nafis Sadir , Executive Director at UNFPA and the 1st muslim woman from the Third World ever to head a UN agency

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• Authors: Abdel-Rahim Omran
• Assisted by: Abdel-Rahim Omran (Editor), Omran Abdel-Rahim (Editor), Nafis Sadik (Foreword), H. Munawir Sjadzali (Introduction)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1992
• EAN: 9780415055413
• ISBN: 978-0-415-05541-3
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, Middle East, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, Sociology: family and relationships, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General