Inside the gender jihad : women's reform in Islam / Amina Wadud. [print]
Material type: TextSeries: Islam in the twenty-first centuryPublication details: Oxford : Oneworld, (c)2008..Edition: Reprintedition. with correctionsDescription: xvii, 286 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781851684632
- BL458
- BL458.W125.I575 2008
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) | G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION | Non-fiction | BP173.4.W33 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923001811419 |
Originally published 2006.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword by Khaled Abou El Fadl -- Introduction: Inside the gender jihad: reform in Islam -- 1. What's in a name? -- 2. The challenges of teaching and learning in the creation of Muslim women's studies -- 3. Muslim women's collectives, organizations, and Islamic reform -- 4. A new Hajar paradigm: motherhood and family -- 5. Public ritual leadership and gender inclusiveness -- 6. Qur'an, gender, and interpretive possibilities -- 7. Stories from the trenches -- Conclusion: Why fight the gender jihad?
"In her provocative new book, Inside the Gender Jihad, Amina Wadud brings a wealth of experience from the trenches of the jihad to make a passionate argument for gender inclusiveness in the Muslim world. Knitting together scrupulous scholarship with lessons drawn from her own experiences as a woman, she explores the array of issues facing Muslim women today, including social status, education, sexuality, and leadership"--Cover.
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