Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Woman’s Identity and the Qur’an
- EAN
- 9780813030326
- Genre
- Philosophy & Spirituality
- ISBN
- 9780813030326
- Subtitle
- A New Reading
- Release Date
- 12/31/2004
- Release Year
- 2004
- Country of Origin
- UK
- Subject Area
- Religion, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Woman’s Identity and the Qur’an : a New Reading
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Feminism & Feminist Theory, Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Islamic Studies, Women’s Studies
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Author
- Nimat Hafez Barazangi
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 186 Pages
Woman’s Identity and the Qur’an (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Florida
ISBN-10
0813030323
ISBN-13
9780813030326
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53571345
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
186 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Woman’s Identity and the Qur’an : a New Reading
Subject
Feminism & Feminist Theory, Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Islamic Studies, Women’s Studies
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Readers of this work will learn that the Qur’an speaks to men and women with one voice, that men and women are equal when it comes to the worship of God. Thus, the male-dominated practices of several centuries derive not from divine revelation but from human error., “A valuable contribution to the Islamic scholarship-activism explosion of the 21st century.”– Middle East Journal
Dewey Decimal
297.12283054
Synopsis
An original and uncompromising study of the Qur’anic foundations of women’s identity and agency, this book is a bold call to Muslim women and men to reread and reinterpret the Qur’an, Islam’s most authoritative source, and to discover within its revelations an inherent affirmation of gender equality. Nimat Hafez Barazangi asserts that Muslim women have been generally excluded from equal agency, from full participation in Islamic society, and thus from full and equal Islamic identity, primarily because of patriarchal readings of the Qur’an and the entire range of early Qur’anic literature. Based on her pedagogical study of the sacred text, she argues that Islamic higher learning is a basic human right, that women have equal authority to participate in the interpretation of Islamic primary sources, and that women will realize their just role in society and their potential as human beings only when they are involved in the interpretation of the Qur’an. Consequently, a Muslim woman’s relationship with God must not be dependent on her husband’s or father’s moral agency. Barazangi, an American Muslim of Syrian origin, is a scholar, an activist, and a concerned feminist. Her analysis of the complex interaction of gender, religion, and the power of knowledge for selfidentity offers a paradigm shift in Islamic studies. She documents the historical development of Islamic thought and describes how Muslim males have arrived at the prevailing exclusionary positions. She considers the issues of dependent morality and of modesty, especially in attire–a polarizing subject for many Muslim women–and she concludes that the majority of Muslim women today are not educated even for a complementary role insociety. The book offers a curricular framework for self-learning that could prepare Muslim women for an active role in citizenship and policy making in a pluralistic society and may serve as a guideline for moving toward a “gender revolution.” Her main thesis, if carried out in the lives of Muslims in America or elsewhere, would be so radical and liberating that her discourse is more powerful than those of many Muslim feminists. She writes, “I intend this book to affirm the self-identity of the Muslim woman as an autonomous spiritual and intellectual human being.”, An original study of the Qur’anic foundations of women’s identity and agency, this book is a bold call to Muslim women and men to reread and reinterpret the Qur’an and to discover within its revelations an inherent affirmation of gender equality. It asserts that Muslim women have been generally excluded from full participation in Islamic society., An original study of the Qur’anic foundations of women’s identity and agency, this book is a bold call to Muslim women and men to reread and reinterpret the Qur’an and to discover within its revelations an inherent affirmation of gender equality. Barazangi asserts that Muslim women have been generally excluded from full participation in Islamic society, and thus from full and equal Islamic identity, primarily because of patriarchal readings of the Qur’an and the entire range of early Qur’anic literature. Based on her study of the sacred text, she argues that Islamic higher learning is a basic human right, that women have equal authority to participate in the interpretation of Islamic primary sources, and that women will realize their just role in society and their potential as human beings only when they are involved in the interpretation of the Qur’an. Barazangi offers a curricular framework for self-teaching that could prepare Muslim women for an active role in citizenship and policymaking in a pluralistic society by affirming the self-identity of the Muslim woman as an autonomous spiritual and intellectual human being., An original and uncompromising study of the Qur’anic foundations of women’s identity and agency, this book is a bold call to Muslim women and men to reread and reinterpret the Qur’an, Islam’s most authoritative source, and to discover within its revelations an inherent affirmation of gender equality. Nimat Hafez Barazangi asserts that Muslim women have been generally excluded from equal agency, from full participation in Islamic society, and thus from full and equal Islamic identity, primarily because of patriarchal readings of the Qur’an and the entire range of early Qur’anic literature. Based on her pedagogical study of the sacred text, she argues that Islamic higher learning is a basic human right, that women have equal authority to participate in the interpretation of Islamic primary sources, and that women will realize their just role in society and their potential as human beings only when they are involved in the interpretation of the Qur’an. Consequently, a Muslim woman’s relationship with God must not be dependent on her husband’s or father’s moral agency. Barazangi, an American Muslim of Syrian origin, is a scholar, an activist, and a concerned feminist. Her analysis of the complex interaction of gender, religion, and the power of knowledge for self-identity offers a paradigm shift in Islamic studies. She documents the historical development of Islamic thought and describes how Muslim males have arrived at the prevailing exclusionary positions. She considers the issues of dependent morality and of modesty, especially in attire–a polarizing subject for many Muslim women. She integrates her analysis with interviews she conducted with Muslim women in the United States and Canada, comparing that data with information from a parallel group in Syria and with historical cases. She concludes that the majority of Muslim women today are not educated even for a complementary role in society. The book offers a curricular framework for self-learning that could prepare Muslim women for an active role in citizenship and policy making in a pluralistic society and may serve as a guideline for moving toward a “gender revolution.” Her main thesis, if carried out in the lives of Muslims in America or elsewhere, would be so radical and liberating that her discourse is more powerful than those of many Muslim feminists. She writes, “I intend this book to affirm the self-identity of the Muslim woman as an autonomous spiritual and intellectual human being.”
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