Inside the gender jihad : women's reform in Islam /
Wadud, Amina,
Inside the gender jihad : women's reform in Islam / [print] Amina Wadud. - Reprintedition. with corrections. - Oxford : Oneworld, (c)2008.. - xvii, 286 pages ; 23 cm. - Islam in the twenty-first century . - Islam in the twenty-first century. .
Originally published 2006.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword 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? by Khaled Abou El Fadl --
"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.
9781851684632
Women in Islam.
Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Sex role--Religious aspects--Islam.
BL458 BL458.W125.I575 2008
Inside the gender jihad : women's reform in Islam / [print] Amina Wadud. - Reprintedition. with corrections. - Oxford : Oneworld, (c)2008.. - xvii, 286 pages ; 23 cm. - Islam in the twenty-first century . - Islam in the twenty-first century. .
Originally published 2006.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword 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? by Khaled Abou El Fadl --
"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.
9781851684632
Women in Islam.
Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Sex role--Religious aspects--Islam.
BL458 BL458.W125.I575 2008