"Islam and New Kinship presents a thoughtful and nuanced analysis
of Islamic legal responses to issues raised by assisted
reproductive technologies...Clarke engages in a thorough and
captivating assessment of the numerous fatwas issued in the context
of global Islamic legal scholarship concerning medical ethics, in
particular, medically assisted conception...This book will be of
considerable interest to scholars in the areas of gender and
health, reproduction and reproductive technologies, Islamicists,
and those engaged in comparative kinship studies. It would be a
valuable and effective text for use in seminars and most
appropriate for graduate students or advanced (honors)
undergraduates." . Cont Islam
..".a fascinating and well-written book...By thinking through
anthropological and Islamic debates of assisted conception in a
Middle Eastern setting, Islam and New Kinship is highly valuable
for students and scholars interested in medical anthropology,
kinship studies, Middle Eastern studies, as well as science and
technology studies." . Social Anthropology/Anthropologie
sociale
"In this very detailed examination... Clarke presents a nuanced
look at how both individuals and institutions interpret or
manipulate Islamic teachings and concepts...the book represents an
outstanding piece of scholarship for anyone interested in Islam,
kinship, medical anthropology, or gender studies. Highly
recommended." . Choice
"This book is a mine of information, carefully researched and
lucidly argued. It opens up a fascinating problematic (that is, a
can of worms) that only Muslims (all Muslims, male and female) need
seriously to address over the coming decades. The shape of future
Muslim attitudes depends on the outcomes of this." . Journal of
Beliefs and Values
"An accomplished piece of work on several levels. Islam and New
Kinship not only provides a detailed and nuanced account of how
Islamic legal scholars and medical practitioners in Lebanon respond
to new reproductive and genetic technologies, but also reveals what
is missing from 'new' kinship studies. It is a compelling read and
a must, not only for scholars of kinship and religion but for
anybody with an interest in the rich complexity of contemporary
Lebanese society." . Jeannette Edwards, University of
Manchester
Assisted 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, home to both Sunni and Shiite Muslim
communities, provides a valuable site through which to explore the
overall dynamism and diversity of global Islamic debate. As this
book shows, Muslim perspectives focus on the moral propriety of
such controversial procedures as the use of donor sperm and eggs as
well as surrogacy arrangements, which are allowed by some
authorities using surprising and innovative legal arguments. These
arguments challenge common stereotypes of the rigidity and
conservatism of Islamic law and compel us to question conventional
contrasts between 'liberal' and Islamic notions of moral freedom,
as well as the epistemological assumptions of anthropology's own
'new kinship studies'. This book will be essential reading for
anyone interested in contemporary Islam and the impact of
reproductive technology on the global social imaginary.
Morgan Clarke completed his doctorate at the Institute of
Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford, and
is now a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of
Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge."
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