Asma Barlas, David Raeburn Finn

Believing Women in Islam: A Brief Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

This inviting book presents a simplified version of Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an that will help general readers and students understand its argument for women's equality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-Austin
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 139mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 160g
• ISBN-13: 9781477315880
• ISBN-10: 1477315888
• Artikelnr.: 52420959

Autorenporträt

Asma Barlas is a professor of politics at Ithaca College. Her other books include Re-understanding Islam: A Double Critique and Islam, Muslims, and the US: Essays on Religion and Politics. David Raeburn Finn is a Canadian philosopher and student of Islam. He currently writes on Pashtun anthropology, gender and Islam, American foreign policy, and politics, as well as fiction for children and adults.

Inhaltsangabe

* Notes on Style * Preface: A Simpler Believing Women (Asma Barlas) * Acknowledgments * 1. Interpreting Scripture: A Core Dispute * 2. The Qur'
n: God’s Remedy for an Imperfect Humanity * 3. Patriarchal Readings of the Qur'
n * 4. Methods and Revelation * 5. Patriarchy * 6. Equality and Difference * 7. Family, Marriage, and Equality * 8. Critical Dilemmas in Interpreting the Qur'
n (David Raeburn Finn) * Afterword: Converging Themes (David Raeburn Finn) * Notes * Select Bibliography * Index