Qurʼan and WomanThis is an analysis of the concept of woman drawn directly from the Qur'an. An explicit attempt to return to the original source--the Qur'an--when the tendency has been to confuse the works of Islamic scholars with the Qur'an, it demonstrates that in order to maintain its relevance, the Qur'an must be continually reinterpreted; that the importance of the Qur'anic text is its transcendence of time and its expression of eternal values. It is not the text which restricts women, but the interpretations of the text which have come to be held in greater importance than the text. The significance of this analysis of the Qur'anic concept of woman is measured within the perspective of the text using it both as a force in history, politics, language, culture, intellect, and spirit, and as a divine text that presents guidance to humankind. This book sheds new light on the role of woman through reviewing the Qur'an itself with its principles of social justice and human equality and its objective of justice. |
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User Review - Muscogulus - LibraryThingA Muslim feminist? Believe it, sister. This book is an excellent introduction to how believing Muslims read the Qur'an as an indictment, not a justification, of the oppression of women and privileging ... Read full review
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User Review - ruinedbyreading - LibraryThingWhat Wadud does in Qur’an and Woman is not an attack on the prophet, the Qur’an, or God. She simply explains and puts certain verses into context, and some things are simply reminders of what Muslims ... Read full review
Contents
How Perceptions of Woman Influence | 1 |
Chapter Outlines | 12 |
The Events in the Garden | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Qurʼan and Woman |
| Author | Amina Wadud |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Penerbit Fajar Bakti Sdn. Bhd., 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jun 2009 |
| ISBN | 9676519766, 9789676519764 |
| Length | 118 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Islam / General Religion / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings Science / Life Sciences / Botany Social Science / Islamic Studies Social Science / Women's Studies |
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