This is a study and critique of feminist interpretation of the Qur'an, examining its dynamic challenges to Islamic tradition and contemporary Muslim views of the Qur'an.
"This book explores how medieval and modern Muslim religious scholars ('ulamā') interpret gender roles in Qur'ā; nic verses on legal testimony, marriage, and human creation.
Using philosophical analysis, this book explores the construction of gender in Muslim societies and its implication to the constitution of the self.
Now, with Qu'ran and Woman, Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran and brings it out of the shadows.
The volume includes primary source material, in the form of editions and translations of the introductions to two works of tafsīr.
A World of Difference: Islam and Gender Hierarchy in Turkey
Epistemology and gender analytics of Islamic ethics -- Gendered metaphysics, perfection, and power of the (hu)man's soul -- Ethics of marriage and the domestic economy -- Homosocial masculinity and societal ethics -- Prolegomenon to ...
This work provides a rich analysis of the thought-ways of specific Muslim intellectuals, it substantiates a broadly framed school of thought.
... Laurel C. and Trentaz, Cassie J. E., “Making Sense of Feminist Theology Today”, Religion Compass, 2(5), 2008, 792. Johnson, Elizabeth, Friends of God and Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints, ...
Recently, exciting new feminist research has been challenging gender discrimination and male authority from within Islamic legal tradition: this book presents some important results from that research.