Works by
Joseph Kenny, O.P.
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- Islamic Ethics: What the Qur'ân says A systematic summary of Qur'ânic teaching, with verse references. This can be compared with The ethics of war and peace emerging from the the Sîra of Ibn-Ishâq, the earliest biographer of Muhammad, and Paul's ethics, in which I summarize J. Fitzmeyer, New Jerome Biblical Commentary. For the latter you need the font Bwgrkn.
- The Risâla An annotated translation of the treatise on Mâlikî Law of `Abdallâh Ibn-abî-Zayd al-Qayrawânî. This work of fiqh is an elaboration of Islamic ethics based on Hadîth as well as the Qur'ân.
- Basic Practices of Islam and Christianity A presentation of the "five pillars" and marriage, summarizing the contents of the Risâla, along with corresponding Christian practices.
- Islamic Sufism: Experience and organization A survey of its history, with a study of the stages of dhikr and spiritual growth as presented by several Sufi theorists.
- Pornography: Islamic and Christian perspectives Delivered at seminar organized by the Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan, and published in Youth & pornography, ed. D.C.E. Ugwuegbu & B.U. Eke, a publication of the National Orientation Movement, Federal Ministry of Information & Culture, Lagos, 1989, pp. 47-60.
- Cults and occultism A talk delivered to the Muslim Students Society, University of Ibadan, 19 July 1997.
- Power in Islam A comparitive examination of how different religions relate to power, showing how political and spiritual power are often at odds in Islamic society.
- Le recherche de Dieu parmi les Musulmans A talk on Sufism given in Kinshasa.
- Christianity, Islam and the social order The philosophical suppositions leading to divergent views of society in the two religions. Delivered in Lagos at National Interfaith Conference, 24 June 2000
- The push for Sharî`a A talk on the Muslim programme, "Trends and Perspectives", M.I.T.V. Lagos, aired 20 August 2000
- Islam: authentic or fanatical A paper given at the Colloquium on Violence and Religion, 8 June 2002, at Purdue University.