One of the most dynamic aspects of the Islamic revival during the past two centuries has been the rethinking of Islamic political thought. A broad range of actors, ideas, and ideologies characterize the debate on how Islamic ethics and law should be manifested in modern institutions. Yet this aspect of the “return to Islam” has been neglected by policymakers, the media, and even many scholars, who equate “political Islam” with merely one strand, labeled “Islamic fundamentalism.” Bringing together ten essays from six volumes of the Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics, this book gives a rounded treatment to the subject of Islamic political ethics. The authors explore the Islamic ethics of civil society, boundaries, pluralism, and war and peace. They consider questions of diversity, discussing, among other subjects, Islamic regimes’ policies regarding women and religious minorities. The chapters on war and peace take up such crucial and timely issues as the Islamic ethics of jihad, examining both the legitimate conditions for the declaration of war and the proper conduct of war. In their discussions, the contributors analyze the works of classical writers as well as the full range of modern reinterpretations. But beyond these analyses of previous and contemporary thinkers, the essays also reach back to the two fundamental sources of Islamic ethics — the Qur’an and traditions of the Prophet — to develop fresh insights into how Islam and Muslims can contribute to human society in the twenty-first century. The authors are Dale F. Eickelman, Hasan Hanafi, Sohail H. Hashmi, Farhad Kazemi, John Kelsay, Muhammad Khalid Masud, Sulayman Nyang, Bassam Tibi, and M. Raquibuz Zaman. $c Provided by Publisher.

$t Civil society and government in Islam / $r John Kelsay -- $t Perspectives on Islam and civil society / $r Farhad Kazemi -- $t Alternative conceptions of civil society: a reflective Islamic approach / $r Hasan Hanafi -- $t Islamic perspectives on territorial boundaries and autonomy / $r M. Raquibuz Zaman -- $t Religion and the maintenance of boundaries: an Islamic view / $r Sulayman Nyang -- $t Islam and ethical pluralism / $r Dale F. Eickelman -- $t The scope of pluralism in Islamic moral traditions / $r Muhammad Khalid Masud -- $t Islamic ethics in international society / $r Sohail H. Hashmi -- $t War and peace in Islam / $r Bassam Tibi -- $t Interpreting the Islamic ethics of war and peace / $r Sohail H. Hashmi.