Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2002
- ISBN
- 9780292709041
- Book Title
- Believing Women in Islam : Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Mass Market
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Author
- Asma Barlas
- Genre
- Religion, Political Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Islamic Studies, Civil Rights, Islam / General
- Item Weight
- 23 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Quran…
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292709048
ISBN-13
9780292709041
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2146943
Product Key Features
Book Title
Believing Women in Islam : Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Islamic Studies, Civil Rights, Islam / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Political Science, Social Science
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
23 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-048062
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
“This is an original and, at times, groundbreaking piece of scholarship.” John L. Esposito, University Professor and Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
Dewey Decimal
297.12283054
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Qur’an and Muslim Women: Reading Patriarchy, Reading Liberation Part I Texts and Textualities: The Qur’an, Tafsir, and Ahadith Intertextualities, Extratextual Contexts: The Sunnah, Shari’ah, and the State Part II The Patriarchal Imaginary of Father/s: Divine Ontology and the Prophets The Qur’an, Sex/Gender, and Sexuality: Sameness, Difference, Equality The Family and Marriage: Retrieving the Qur’an’s Egalitarianism Postscript Notes Glossary Select Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Does Islam call for the oppression of women? Non-Muslims point to the subjugation of women that occurs in many Muslim countries, especially those that claim to be “Islamic,” while many Muslims read the Qur’an in ways that seem to justify sexual oppression, inequality, and patriarchy. Taking a wholly different view, Asma Barlas develops a believer’s reading of the Qur’an that demonstrates the radically egalitarian and antipatriarchal nature of its teachings. Beginning with a historical analysis of religious authority and knowledge, Barlas shows how Muslims came to read inequality and patriarchy into the Qur’an to justify existing religious and social structures and demonstrates that the patriarchal meanings ascribed to the Qur’an are a function of who has read it, how, and in what contexts. She goes on to reread the Qur’an’s position on a variety of issues in order to argue that its teachings do not support patriarchy. To the contrary, Barlas convincingly asserts that the Qur’an affirms the complete equality of the sexes, thereby offering an opportunity to theorize radical sexual equality from within the framework of its teachings. This new view takes readers into the heart of Islamic teachings on women, gender, and patriarchy, allowing them to understand Islam through its most sacred scripture, rather than through Muslim cultural practices or Western media stereotypes., Develops a believer’s reading of the Qur’an that demonstrates the radically egalitarian and anti-patriarchal nature of its teachings
LC Classification Number
BP173.4.B35 2002
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