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Inside the gender jihad : women's reform in Islam / Amina Wadud. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Islam in the twenty-first centuryPublication details: Oxford : Oneworld, (c)2008..Edition: Reprintedition. with correctionsDescription: xvii, 286 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781851684632
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL458
  • BL458.W125.I575 2008
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Contents:
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?
Review: "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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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) 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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