Cambridge Companion to Women and Islam

"This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of a timely topic that encompasses the fields of Islamic feminist scholarship, anthropology, history, and sociology. It considers the agency that Muslim women exhibit in relation to their faith as reflected in women's piety movements. Moreover, the volume documents how Muslim women shape socio-political life"--

About the author

Masooda Bano is a Professor of Development Studies at the University of Oxford and a Senior Golding Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford. She has held numerous prestigious research awards including European Research Council Starting and Advance grants. Bano is the author of Female Islamic Education Movements: The Re-Democratisation of Islamic Knowledge (2017) and has edited several volumes on Islamic educational institutions in Muslim-majority countries as well as in the West.

Product details

• Authors: Masooda (University of Oxford ) Bano
• Assisted by: Masooda Bano (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009206716
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0920671-6
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; World, RELIGION / Islam / General, Islamic Studies, CE period up to c 1500, c 1500 onwards to present day, Gender studies: women, Religious life and practice, Gender studies: women and girls, Islamic Life & Practice, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Religious life & practice, Islamic life and practice