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
Aysha Hidayatullah cogently narrates American Muslim womens forays into scriptural interpretation, analyzes and critiques their assumptions and methods, and proposes strategies for moving past the aporias generated by existing exegetical approaches. Combining historical explication, lucid analysis, and theologically constructive critique, Feminist Edges of the Quran is a landmark contribution to scholarship and a must-read for anyone interested in gender, authority, and Islam. |s Kecia Ali, author of Sexual Ethics and Islam
Aysha A. Hidayatullah is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco, a Jesuit Catholic institution where she teaches courses on Islam, gender, and race.
"[A] compassionate critique and reassessment of the exegetical path
towards gender equality. All interested in feminist
re-interpretation of sacred texts will benefit from this
exploration of gender in the Qur'an."--Women's Alliance for
Theology, Ethics, and Ritual
"An important resource...throughout my encounters with Feminist
Edges of the Qur'an, I felt compelled to travel through it
accompanied by the Qur'an and several of the sources Hidayatullah
so closely scrutinizes, as if I were renewing old acquaintances and
being engulfed anew by the teachings of my faith. I am a more
insightful scholar because of the journey."--Journal of the
American Academy of Religion
"This book is indispensable for anyone wanting to have a richer
understanding of how the Qur'an is read and interpreted within a
feminist context. It is a wonderful synthesis of the work that has
been done in the field thus far and provides tools necessary to
seek out new avenues in understanding the Qur'an while still
retaining a feminist spirit."--Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist
Philosophy
"Aysha Hidayatullah cogently narrates American Muslim women's
forays into scriptural interpretation, analyzes and critiques their
assumptions and methods, and proposes strategies for moving past
the aporias generated by existing exegetical approaches. Combining
historical explication, lucid analysis, and theologically
constructive critique, Feminist Edges of the Qur'an is a landmark
contribution to scholarship and a must-read for anyone interested
in
gender, authority, and Islam." --Kecia Ali, author of Sexual Ethics
and Islam
"In Feminist Edges of the Qur'an, Aysha Hidayatullah explores a
recent, lively, and somewhat turbulent chapter in this history...
Feminist Edges of the Qur'an does offer dynamic ideas such as the
'interdependence' of the sexes, which signal a shifting balance of
power between men and women. Hidayatullah's objective is not to
idealize certain passages from the Qur'an or to criticize others.
Her goal is larger: reminding us that the dichotomies
of male control and female passivity must be perpetually disrupted.
Last but not least, the book remains a careful summation of the
development of Muslim feminist hermeneutics through the ages." --LA
Review of Books
"Aysha Hidayatullah's Feminist Edges of the Qur'an is written by an
ardent student of feminist Qur'an exegesis who remains committed to
the field but who has become increasingly critical of its methods
and ambivalent about its conclusions... She makes a plea for
embracing the "radical uncertainty" into which this realization
must lead, and for approaching it not with fear but with hope. Her
prose is deeply personal and inspired." --First Things
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