Decoding the Egalitarianism of the Qur''an - Retrieving Lost Voices on Gender

This volume challenges longstanding interpretative practices in reading the Qur’an and invites readers to discover afresh the riches and gender-egalitarian directness of the sacred text itself. The work retrieves for readers and scholars an oft-neglected tradition of encounter with Islam’s scripture and teaching tradition.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Decoding the egalitarianism of the Qur'an: overcoming deficiencies
Chapter 2: Gender egalitarianism in the Qur'an
Chapter 3: Marriage in the Qur'an
Chapter 4: Female body-ownership
Chapter 5: Women's agency in the Qur'an
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Abla Hasan is associate professor of practice of Arabic language and culture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Summary

This volume challenges longstanding interpretative practices in reading the Qur’an and invites readers to discover afresh the riches and gender-egalitarian directness of the sacred text itself. The work retrieves for readers and scholars an oft-neglected tradition of encounter with Islam’s scripture and teaching tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Abla Hasan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781793609892
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-989-2
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Lexington Studies in Classical and Modern Islamic Thought; Lexington Studies in Classical; Lexington Studies in Islamic Thought; Bloomsbury Studies in Islamic Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Feminism & feminist theory, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, The Koran (Qur’an), Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, The Koran