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Believing women in Islam : unreading patriarchal interpretations of the Qur'ān / by Asma Barlas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2002Description: xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0292709048 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780292709041 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP173.4  .B35 2002
Contents:
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 : Patriarchal imaginary of father/s : divine ontology and the prophets ; Qur'an, sex/gender, and sexuality : sameness, difference, equality ; Family and marriage : retrieving the Qur'an's egalitarianism.
Summary: Publisher Fact Sheet|bAsma Barlas develops a new view of reading the Qur'an which goes straight to the heart of Islamic teachings on women, gender, and patriarchy, and which demonstrates the radically egalitarian and antipatriarchal nature of its teachings.
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction BP173.4 .B35 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 066431
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.

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 : Patriarchal imaginary of father/s : divine ontology and the prophets ; Qur'an, sex/gender, and sexuality : sameness, difference, equality ; Family and marriage : retrieving the Qur'an's egalitarianism.

Publisher Fact Sheet|bAsma Barlas develops a new view of reading the Qur'an which goes straight to the heart of Islamic teachings on women, gender, and patriarchy, and which demonstrates the radically egalitarian and antipatriarchal nature of its teachings.

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