Islam and New Kinship

Islam and New KinshipAssisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization have provoked global controversy and ethical debate. This book provides a groundbreaking investigation into those debates in the Islamic Middle East, simultaneously documenting changing ideas of kinship and the evolving role of religious authority in the region through a combination of in depth field research in Lebanon and an exhaustive survey of the Islamic legal literature. Lebanon,

Sellmann looks at the implications of the syncretic philosophies of the Lüshi chunqiu for contemporary conceptions of time

This study embarks on an analysis of such cultural icons

This study focuses on why and how powerful nations have acted together to dampen or forestall the expansion of small state conflicts while limiting potential risks to themselves

Commonly observed abiotic stresses in turfgrass systems include drought

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Changing Chinese Masculinities studies a range of Chinese men in diverse and

Interest in mysticism today often involves what Aldous Huxley called "applied mysticism"-that is

diagnostic specific procedures and patient treatment planning