Feminist Edges of the Qur'an

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-935956-1
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Aysha A. Hidayatullah offers the first comprehensive examination of contemporary feminist Qur'anic interpretation, exploring its dynamic challenges to Islamic tradition and contemporary Muslim views of the Qur'an. She analyzes major feminist readings of the Qur'an beginning in the late twentieth century, synthesizing their common concepts and methods and revealing their vital part in the development of the nascent field of Qur'anic tafsir (exegesis).

Hidayatullah contributes her own critical assessment of feminist ''impasses'' in the Qur'anic text and the field's appeals to the principles of equality and justice. She expands these observations into a radical critique of feminist approaches to the Qur'an, arguing that the feminist exegetical endeavor has reached a point of irresolvable contradiction by making claims about the Qur'an that are not fully supported by the text. Hidayatullah outlines major challenges to the authority of feminist interpretations of the Qur'an and interrogates the feminist premises on which they have relied, questioning the viability of current strands of feminist Qur'anic interpretation and proposing a major revision of its exegetical positions.

An innovative work of Muslim feminist theology, this volume offers an essential contribution to conversations about feminist tafsir and asking bold questions at the ''edge'' of Qur'anic interpretation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hidayatullah, Aysha A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Acknowledgements

- Introduction

- Part I: Historical Emergence of Feminist Qur'anic Interpretation

- Chapter 1: History of Tafsir

- Chapter 2: The Frames of Feminism

- Chapter 3: Relationships to Co-Religionists and the State

- Part II: Three Interpretive Methods of Feminist Qur'anic Interpretation

- Chapter 4: Historical Contextualization Method

- Chapter 5: Intra-Textual Method

- Chapter 6: The Tawhidic Paradigm

- Part III: Critiques of Feminist Qur'anic Interpretation

- Chapter 7: Initial Conclusions

- Chapter 8: A Critical Reassessment

- Chapter 9: Confronting Feminist Edges

- Appendix of Qur'anic Verses

- Notes

- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Aysha A. Hidayatullah is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco.