TY  - GEN
T1  - Gender hierarchy in the Qurʼān : medieval interpretations, modern responses
T2  - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
A1  - Bauer, Karen, 1973-
LA  - English
PP  - New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2015
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn910935676
AB  - "This book explores how medieval and modern Muslim religious scholars ('ulamā') interpret gender roles in Qur'ā;nic verses on legal testimony, marriage, and human creation. Citing these verses, medieval scholars developed increasingly complex laws and interpretations upholding a male-dominated gender hierarchy; aspects of their interpretations influence religious norms and state laws in Muslim-majority countries today, yet other aspects have been discarded entirely. Karen Bauer traces the evolution of their interpretations, showing how they have been adopted, adapted, rejected, or replaced over time, by comparing the Qur'ān with a wide range of Qur'ānic commentaries and interviews with prominent religious scholars from Iran and Syria. At times, tradition is modified in unexpected ways: learned women argue against gender equality, or Grand Ayatollahs reject sayings of the Prophet, citing science instead. This innovative and engaging study highlights the effects of social and intellectual contexts on the formation of tradition, and on modern responses to it"--
OP  - 308
CN  - BP134.S49 B38 2015 eb
SN  - 9781316247617
SN  - 1316247619
SN  - 9781139649759
SN  - 1139649752
SN  - 9781316249512
SN  - 1316249514
SN  - 9781316236277
SN  - 9781316234389
SN  - 131623438X
SN  - 1316236277
SN  - 9781316255193
SN  - 1316255190
SN  - 9781107041523
SN  - 110704152X
KW  - Qurʼan : Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - Qurʼan : Criticism, interpretation, etc. : History.
KW  - Coran : Critique, interprétation, etc.
KW  - Qurʼan
KW  - Koran
KW  - Sex role : Religious aspects : Islam.
KW  - Rôle selon le sexe : Aspect religieux : Islam.
KW  - RELIGION : Islam : General.
KW  - Sex role : Religious aspects : Islam
KW  - Gleichberechtigung
KW  - Tafsir
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
ER  -