Women and Gender in the Qur'an
Author | : Celene Ibrahim |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2020 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190063818 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190063815 |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Download or read book Women and Gender in the Qur'an written by Celene Ibrahim and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories related to gendered social relations permeate the Qur'an, and nearly three hundred verses involve specific women or girls. These stories weave together theology and ethics to reinforce central Qur'anic ideas regarding submission to God and moral accountability. Women and Gender in the Qur'an outlines how women and girls - old, young, barren, fertile, chaste, profligate, reproachable, and saintly-enter Qur'anic sacred history and advance the Qur'an'soverarching didactic aims.