Women and Men in the Qur'ān / by Asma Lamrabet.

This book distinguishes Islam as a spiritual message from the sociopolitical context of its revelation. While the sacred text of the Quran reveals a clear empowerment of women and equality of believers, such spirit is barely reflected in the interpretations. Trapped between Western rhetoric that por...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Lamrabet, Asma (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Beyond the Problematic of "the Muslim Woman"
  • Chapter 3 The Qur'ānic Revelation in Seventh Century Arabia
  • Chapter 4 An Alternative Approach to the Qur'ān
  • Chapter 5 The Creation of Humanity
  • Chapter 6 The Construction of Human Civilization
  • Chapter 7 Moral Integrity as an Evaluation Criteria
  • Chapter 8 The Egalitarian Call of the Qur'ān
  • Chapter 9 The Qur'ānic Ethic of the Marital Union
  • Chapter 10 The Principles of Divorce in the Qur'ān
  • Chapter 11 The Shared Responsibility of Men and Women
  • Chapter 12 The Management of Public and Private Spheres
  • Chapter 13 The Basic Verses on Inheritance
  • Chapter 14 Foundations of Corporal Ethic
  • Chapter 15 The Equality of In-Court Testimony
  • Chapter 16 Why Is There a Lag?
  • Chapter 17 What Alternative Possibilities?
  • Chapter 18 Equality, the Time of a Revelation.