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Inside the gender jihad: Women's reform in islam/ Amina Wadud

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford OneWorld Pub. 2007Description: xvii,286pg.: 23cmISBN:
  • 9781851684632
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP 134 .W28 2007
Contents:
Contents:
Foreword / Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Inside the gender Jihad, reform in Islam -- 1. What's in a name? -- 2. The challenges of teaching and learning in the creation of Muslim women's studies -- 3. Muslim women's collectives, organizations, and Islamic reform -- 4. A new Hajar paradigm : motherhood and family -- 5. Public ritual leadership and gender inclusiveness -- 6. Qur'an, gender, and interpretive possibilities -- 7. Stories from the trenches -- Conclusion : why fight the gender Jihad? -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Summary:Summary: "In her new book, Inside the Gender Jihad, Amina Wadud brings a wealth of experience from the trenches of the jihad to make a passionate argument for gender inclusiveness in the Muslim world. Knitting together scrupulous scholarship with lessons drawn from her own experiences as a woman, she explores the array of issues facing Muslim women today, including social status, education, sexuality, and leadership."--Jacket.
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Contents:

Foreword / Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction : Inside the gender Jihad, reform in Islam --
1. What's in a name? --
2. The challenges of teaching and learning in the creation of Muslim women's studies --
3. Muslim women's collectives, organizations, and Islamic reform --
4. A new Hajar paradigm : motherhood and family --
5. Public ritual leadership and gender inclusiveness --
6. Qur'an, gender, and interpretive possibilities --
7. Stories from the trenches --
Conclusion : why fight the gender Jihad? --
Notes --
Index.

Summary:


"In her new book, Inside the Gender Jihad, Amina Wadud brings a wealth of experience from the trenches of the jihad to make a passionate argument for gender inclusiveness in the Muslim world. Knitting together scrupulous scholarship with lessons drawn from her own experiences as a woman, she explores the array of issues facing Muslim women today, including social status, education, sexuality, and leadership."--Jacket.