Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad is Professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is co-author with Adair T. Lummis, of Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study and editor of The Muslims of America. John Esposito is Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. He has authored and edited numerous volumes on Islam.
"This collection of well researched and nuanced case studies on
gender and social change in Muslim countries is a needed and
welcome addition to the recently more balanced scholarship in the
field....Hahhad and Esposito have brought together a rich
collection of...reports that contribute to the understanding of the
complex question of gender and change in Islam and Muslim societies
by students and specialists alike."--Journal of the American
Academy of
Religion
"...a great text....The case studies provide an interesting way to
examine social change and cultural relativity."--L. Friedrich,
Simpson College
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