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Using the approach of comparative feminist theology to engage diverse Muslim and Christian feminist voices,
Divine Words, Female Voices proposes constructive Muslima theological insights relating to Divine revelation; textual hermeneutics of the hadith and Bible; the Prophet Muhammad and Mary as feminist exemplars; theological anthropology; and ritual prayer, tradition, and change.
List of contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Beyond the Poisoned Wells: Introduction
- 2. Muslima Theology as Comparative Feminist Theology
- 3. Words in the World: the Qur'an and Jesus Christ in Context
- 4. Claiming Texts: Hermeneutical Approaches to the Hadith and the Bible
- 5. Bearers of the Words: Muhammad and Mary as Feminist Exemplars
- 6. Women in the World: Human Nature, Constraint, and Transformation
- 7. Enacting Equality: Ritual Prayer, Tradition, and Community
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Jerusha Tanner Lamptey (Jerusha Tanner Rhodes) is Associate Professor of Islam and Interreligious Engagement and the Director of the Islam, Social Justice, and Interreligious Engagement Program (ISJIE) at Union Theological Seminary in New York. She is the author of Never Wholly Other: A Muslima Theology of Religious Pluralism (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Summary
Using the approach of comparative feminist theology to engage diverse Muslim and Christian feminist voices, Divine Words, Female Voices proposes constructive Muslima theological insights relating to Divine revelation; textual hermeneutics of the hadith and Bible; the Prophet Muhammad and Mary as feminist exemplars; theological anthropology; and ritual prayer, tradition, and change.
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This book encourages Muslima theologians to enter with humility and opennessÂinto the valuable terrain of feminist scholarship from different faith traditions. It demonstrates the value of comparative engagement as not only theologically meaningful, but also as a beautiful act of faith and deeper learning. For while risky and destabilizing, comparative engagement allows for new ways of self-understanding and creates bonds of solidarity across faith-based feminist scholarship.
