TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ednan Aslan
AU  - Marcia K. Hermansen
AU  - Elif Medeni
PY  - 2014
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653032383
TI  - Muslima Theology
T2  - The Voices of Muslim Women Theologians
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-03238-3
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1067507
N2  - This pioneering volume defines the contours of the emerging engagements of  Muslim women scholars from around the world with the authoritative interpretive  traditions of Islam, classical and contemporary. Muslima theology, here broadly  defined to encompass a range of interpretive strategies and perspectives arising  from multiple social locations, interrogates Islamic scripture and other forms of  religious discourse to empower Muslim women of faith to speak for themselves in the  interests of gender justice. Contributions provide an overview of the field at this  juncture-ranging from pioneering Muslim scriptural feminism to detailed analyses of  legal and mystical texts by a new international cohort of Muslim women academics and  activists.  Contemporary female Muslim "constructivist" approaches articulate  concerns with diversity, including race and religious pluralism, paralleling  developments in womanist and mujerista readings of religious texts.
KW  - Muslim Women, Islamic Religious Law, traditions of islam, gender justice
LA  - English
ER  -