Ethics and the Self in Islam Lawrence A. De Graw address crucial social issues such

address crucial social issues such as racism

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African American and African diaspora studies

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Ethics and the Self in Islam Lawrence A. De Graw address crucial social issues suchThis collection of essays examines the evolving relationship between ethical values and ideas about individual nature throughout the history of Islamic thought. The authors trace the transformations and new directions of ethics whenever the "self" has been reconceptualized by different Muslim thinkers. Ranging from the Qur'an to medieval Sufi traditions to modern Muslim scholars, and from Pakistan to Morocco, this volume illustrates how notions of