A Comparative Analysis on the Perspective of Sunni Theology and Hindu Tradition Regarding Euthanasia: The Impact of Belief in Resurrection and Reincarnation

The aim of this paper was to study the viewpoints of Sunni Islam and Hinduism on euthanasia to explore whether the Sunni tradition's belief in the hereafter and the Hindu culture's faith in reincarnation have any impact on these two religions' positions on the rejection or justificati...

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Main Author: Avci, Ercan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2019]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 5, Pages: 1770-1791
Further subjects:B Hereafter
B Sunni Islam
B Reincarnation
B Hinduism
B Euthanasia
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