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Children of Islam

Concepts of Childhood in Medieval Muslim Society

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Avner Gil‘adi

    1. University of Haifa, Israel

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: History of Childhood in Islam

    1. Introduction: History of Childhood in Islam

      • Avner Gil‘adi
      Pages 1-15

  3. The New-Born Infant

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Tuḥfat al-Mawdūd — an Islamic Childrearing Manual from the Fourteenth Century

      • Avner Gil‘adi
      Pages 19-34

    3. On Taḥnīk — an Early Islamics Childhood Rite

      • Avner Gil‘adi
      Pages 35-41

  4. Child Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Al-Ghazālī on Child Education

      • Avner Gil‘adi
      Pages 45-60

    3. Corporal Punishment in Medieval Islamic Educational Thought

      • Avner Gil‘adi
      Pages 61-66

  5. Child Mortality and Adult Reactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Infants, Children and Death in Medieval Muslim Society

      • Avner Gil‘adi
      Pages 69-93

    3. Ṣabr (Steadfastness) of Bereaved Parents: A Motif in Medieval Islamic Consolation Treatises and its Origins

      • Avner Gil‘adi
      Pages 94-100

    4. Infanticide in Medieval Muslim Society

      • Avner Gil‘adi
      Pages 101-115

    5. Conclusion

      • Avner Gil‘adi
      Pages 116-119

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 120-176
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About this book

This book is the result of the first comprehensive research, carried out within the framework of Islamic Studies, on childhood in medieval Muslim society. It deals with the images of children, with adults' attitudes towards them, and with concepts of childhood as reflected in legal, theological, philosophical, ethical and medical writings as well as works of belles lettres. The studies included in this volume are based on the historical-philological methodology enriched by a comparative approach towards the subject.

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  • University of Haifa, Israel

    Avner Gil‘adi

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