Believing women in Islam : a brief introduction /

Believing women in Islam : a brief introduction / Asma Barlas, David Raeburn Finn.

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Is women's inequality supported by the Qur'an? Do men have the exclusive right to interpret Islam's holy scripture? In her best-selling book Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an, Asma Barlas argues that, far from supporting male privilege,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Authors: Barlas, Asma (Author), Finn, David Raeburn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Qurʼan > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Qurʼan > Theology.
Qurʼan.
Women in the Qurʼan.
Women in Islam.
Women's rights > Religious aspects > Islam.
Theology.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Notes on Style
  • Preface. A Simpler Believing Women (Asma Barlas)
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Interpreting Scripture: A Core Dispute
  • 2. The Qur'ān : God's Remedy for an Imperfect Humanity
  • 3. Patriarchal Readings of the Qur'ān
  • 4. Methods and Revelation
  • 5. Patriarchy
  • 6. Equality and Difference
  • 7. Family, Marriage, and Equality
  • 8. Critical Dilemmas in Interpreting the Qur'ān (David Raeburn Finn)
  • Afterword. Converging Themes (David Raeburn Finn)

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