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Woman's identity and the Qurʼan : a new reading / Nimat Hafez Barazangi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 172 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813036991
  • 0813036992
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Woman's identity and the Qurʼan.DDC classification:
  • 297.1/2283054 22
LOC classification:
  • BP134.W6 B27 2004eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.81
  • BE 8612
  • BE 8623
  • EH 5405
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Women's identity and the Qur'an -- Pedagogical reading of the Qur'an -- The Religio-moral-rational characteristics of the Qurʼan 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?
Summary: 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, the author argues that higher learning in Islam is a basic human right, that women have equal authority to participate in the interpretation of Islamic primary sources, and that women will realize their just role in society and their potential as human beings only when they are involved in interpreting the Qur'an. Consequently, a Muslim woman's relationship with God must not be dependent on her husband's or father's moral agency.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-164) and index.

Print version record.

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, the author argues that higher learning in Islam is a basic human right, that women have equal authority to participate in the interpretation of Islamic primary sources, and that women will realize their just role in society and their potential as human beings only when they are involved in interpreting the Qur'an. Consequently, a Muslim woman's relationship with God must not be dependent on her husband's or father's moral agency.

Introduction: Women's identity and the Qur'an -- Pedagogical reading of the Qur'an -- The Religio-moral-rational characteristics of the Qurʼan 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?

English.