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“jana rumminger”

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  • Justice and Beauty in Muslim Marriage

    Towards Egalitarian Ethics and Laws

    by Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Mulki Al-Sharmani, Jana Rumminger, Sarah Marsso ...
    The model of marriage constructed in classical Islamic jurisprudence rests on patriarchal ethics that privilege men. This worldview persists in gender norms and family laws in many Muslim contexts, despite reforms introduced over the past few decades.In this volume, a diverse group of scholars explore how egalitarian marital relations can be supported from within Islamic tradition. Brought ... Read more

    $26.00 CAD

  • Men in Charge?

    Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition

    by Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Mulki Al-Sharmani, Jana Rumminger ...
    Both Muslims and non-Muslims see women in most Muslim countries as suffering from social, economic, and political discrimination, treated by law and society as second-class citizens subject to male authority. This discrimination is attributed to Islam and Islamic law, and since the late 19th century there has been a mass of literature tackling this issue.Recently, exciting new feminist research ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • What I Believe

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    Tariq Ramadan is very much a public figure, named one of Time magazine's most important innovators of the twenty-first century. He is among the leading Islamic thinkers in the West, with a large following around the world. But he has also been a lightning rod for controversy. Indeed, in 2004, Ramadan was prevented from entering the U.S. by the Bush administration and despite two appeals, supported ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Western Muslims and the Future of Islam

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    Tariq Ramadan, one of Europe's leading thinkers and one of Islam's most innovative and important voices, explores in this volume what it means to be a Western Muslim, addressing a topic that is vitally important to the futures of both Islam and the West. Ramadan claims that a silent revolution is sweeping Islamic communities in the West, as Muslims actively seek ways to live in harmony with their ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD

  • Sexual Ethics and Islam

    Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence

    by Kecia Ali ...
    Whether exploring the thorny issues of wives’ sexual duties, divorce, homosexuality, or sex outside marriage, discussions of sexual ethics and Islam often spark heated conflict rather than reasoned argument. In this updated and expanded edition of her ground-breaking work, feminist Muslim scholar Dr Kecia Ali asks how one can determine what makes sex lawful and ethical in the sight of God.Drawing ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Politics of Piety

    The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject

    by Saba Mahmood ...
    Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement whose orthodox practices are commonly viewed as inconsequential to Egypt's political landscape. Saba ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • Inside the Gender Jihad

    Women's Reform in Islam

    by Amina Wadud ...
    Series series Islam in the Twenty-First Century
    A world-renowned professor of Islamic studies, Amina Wadud has long been at the forefront of what she calls the 'gender jihad,' the struggle for justice for women within the global Islamic community. In 2005, she made international headlines when she helped to promote new traditions by leading the Muslim Friday prayer in New York City, provoking a firestorm of media controversy and kindling ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Feminist Edges of the Qur'an

    by Aysha A. Hidayatullah ...
    Aysha Hidayatullah presents the first comprehensive analysis of contemporary feminist interpretations of the Qur'an. Synthesizing prominent feminist readings of the Qur'an in the United States since the late twentieth century, she provides an essential introduction to this nascent field of Qur'anic scholarship and engages in a deep investigation-as well as a radical critique-of its methods and ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • A New Anthropology of Islam

    by John R. Bowen ...
    Series series New Departures in Anthropology
    In this powerful, but accessible new study, John Bowen draws on a full range of work in social anthropology to present Islam in ways that emphasise its constitutive practices, from praying and learning to judging and political organising. Starting at the heart of Islam - revelation and learning in Arabic lands - Bowen shows how Muslims have adapted Islamic texts and traditions to ideas and ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • An Enchanted Modern

    Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon

    by Lara Deeb ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This eloquent ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Progressive Muslims

    On Justice, Gender and Pluralism

    by Omid Safi ...
    Series series Islam in the Twenty-First Century
    Developed in response to the events of September 11, 2001, these 14 articles from prominent Muslim thinkers offer a provocative reassessment of Islam's relationship with the modern world. Confronting issues such as racism, justice, sexuality and gender, this book reveals the real challenges faced by Muslims of both sexes in contemporary Western society.A probing, frank, and intellectually ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Globalization and Islamism

    Beyond Fundamentalism

    by Nevzat Soguk ...
    Series series Globalization
    Tensions between the West and the Islamic world have reached an all-time high, fueled by caricatures and misunderstandings on both sides. In contrast, as Nevzat Soguk shows, actual histories reveal profound connections across Islamic and Western civilizations. Moving beyond the usual focus on Wahhabi fundamentalism, Soguk highlights the often-overlooked non-Arab forms of Islam in Turkey and in ... Read more

    $47.49 CAD