1. Select a specific topic. For example, “The permissibili

1. Select a specific topic. For example, The permissibili.
1. Select a specific topic. For example, The permissibility of homosexual marriage, not Sexuality in Islam. Or Vegetarianism in Islam, not Animals in Islam, etc. Ensure that your topic is specific enough to answer in 4-5 pages while addressing the points below. If you have difficulty in choosing a topic, consult with the professor. 2. Identify at least 2 points of view on your topic from the available materials (see 3 and 4 below). a. Present each view, and provide the supporting ethical arguments for each. b. Compare the two positions and analyze their similarities and differences. Are they using the same sources, but with different interpretations? Are they using different sources? Why do they reach their differing conclusions? 3. Use as your sources our assigned readings for the course and the items on course reserve at Cook Library or available through eBrary as listed below under Resources for a Short Paper on a Practical Issue. Use at least 2 difference sources from this group. Give yourself enough time to read and take notes on the items on reserve, or make photocopies or take pictures of the chapters you need. 4. Find one scholarly journal article on your topic and use that as your third (or more) source. To find articles, go to the Cook Library website and click on Need Help? at the topic. Then click on Find Articles for My Research Topic. If you absolutely cannot find a relevant scholarly journal article, you may use a chapter from an academic book instead. Do not use websites as one of these three core sources. If you use them at all, only do so to demonstrate different believers or religious organizations views on the topic. Do not assume they are unbiased, scholarly sources. Length: 4-5 double-spaced pages Font/margins: 12 point font, 1 inch margins, and use page numbers – Citations: Provide a citation for every point you make that is not purely your own. Put the citation in parenthesis after the text or idea you are citing. Use the author s name, date of publication, and the page number(s). If you are using several ideas from the same grouping of pages of an author, you can just provide one citation (including the range of pages you are considering) for all of them. Resources for a Short Paper on a Practical Issue *Unless listed as an electronic resource, these items are on physical reserve at Cook Library. Muslim Medial Ethics: from theory to practice / eds. Thomas Eich and Jonathan E. Brockopp Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-1570037535 R725.59 .M87 2008 Islam and ecology: a bestowed trust / eds. Richard C. Foltz, Frederick M. Denny and Azizan Baharuddin Cambridge, Mass.: Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School : Distributed by Harvard University Press, c2003 BP190.5.N38 I86 2003 Islamic ethics of life: abortion, war, and euthanasia / ed. Jonathan E. Brockopp Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 2003 ISBN: 1570034710 BP134.L54 I85 2003 Animals in Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures / Richard Foltz Oxford : Oneworld Publications, 2005 ISBN: 9781851683987 BP134.N3 F65 2006 Homosexuality in Islam: critical reflection on gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims / Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle Oxford : Oneworld Publications, 2010 BP188.14.H65 K84 2010 Religious Vegetarianism: from Hesiod to the Dalai Lama / eds. Kerry S. Walters and Lisa Portmess Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001 BL65.V44 R45 2001 The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics / edited by William Schweiker Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005 ISBN: 0631216340 Ethical Theories in Islam/ Majid Fakhry New York: Brill, 2005 BJ1188 .B57 2005 Cross, crescent, and sword : the justification and limitation of war in Western and Islamic tradition Author: James Turner Johnson; John Kelsay Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press, 1990. JX4511 .C76 1990 JX4511 .C76 1990 Just war and jihad : historical and theoretical perspectives on war and peace in western and Islamic traditions Author: John Kelsay; James Turner Johnson Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press, 1991. BT736.2 .J87 1991 Arguing the just war in Islam Author: John Kelsay Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007. BP190.5.W35 K434 2007 Animals in the Qur an / Sarra Tlili Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 BP134.N3 T55 2012 Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights / Abdulaziz Sachedina Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009 BP173.44 .S235 2009 Just wars, holy wars, and jihads : Christian, Jewish, and Muslim encounters and exchanges / edited by Sohail H. Hashmi. BL65.W2 J87 2012 Islam and war : a study in comparative ethics / John Kelsay BP190.5.W35 K44 The holy war idea in western and Islamic traditions / James Turner Johnson BT736.2 .J64 1997 Is Jih d a just war? : war, peace, and human rights under Islamic and public international law / Hilmi M. Zawati. KZ6396 .Z39 2001 Sexual ethics and Islam: feminist reflections on Qur an, hadith, and jurisprudence / K. Ali. eBrary (electronic resource) Islamic Biomedical Ethics: principles and applications / Abdulaziz Sachedina eBrary (electronic resource) The Rights of God: Islam, human rights, and comparative ethics / Irene Oh eBrary (electronic resource) Our Bodies Belong to God / Sherine Hamdy eBrary (electronic resource) Bioethics in a Muslim Society: a study in ethnography, culture, and religion/ Farhat Moazam eBrary (electronic resource) Muslim Ethics: emerging vistas / Amyn B. Sajoo eBrary (electronic resource) Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought / Michael Cook eBrary (electronic resource) Islamic Political Ethics: civil society, pluralism, and conflict / ed. Sohail H. Hashmi Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2002 eBrary (electronic resource) Living out Islam: voice of gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims / Scott Kugle NYU Press, 2013 eBrary (electronic resource) A Companion to Muslim Ethics / ed. Amyn B. Sajoo New York: IB Tauris Publishers eBrary (electronic resource)
1. Select a specific topic. For example, The permissibili