Woman's Identity and the Qur'an A New Reading

Name: Woman's Identity and the Qur'an A New Reading
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ISBN: 9780813030326

ISBN-10: 0813030323

ISBN-13: 9780813030326

Edition: 2004

Authors: Nimat Hafez Barazangi

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An original and uncompromising study of the Qur'anic foundations of women's identity and agency, this book is a bold call to Muslim women and men to reread and reinterpret the Qur'an, Islam's most authoritative source, and to discover within its revelations an inherent affirmation of gender equality. Nimat Hafez Barazangi asserts that Muslim women have been generally excluded from equal agency, from full participation in Islamic society, and thus from full and equal Islamic identity, primarily because of patriarchal readings of the Qur'an and the entire range of early Qur'anic literature. Based on her pedagogical study of the sacred text, she argues that Islamic higher learning is a basic…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Publication date: 12/31/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction: Woman's Identity and the Qur'an



Pedagogical Reading of the Qur'an



The Religio-Moral-Rational Characteristics of the Qur'an and the Story of Creation



Autonomous Morality and the Principle of Modesty



Gender Equality (al-Musawah) and Equilibrium (Taqwa)



Self-Identity and Self-Learning: A Shift in Curriculum Development


Conclusions: Where Do We Go From Here?


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index