Women and Men in the Qur'ān

• Main Author: Lamrabet, Asma (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Gender identity-Religious aspects.; Islam-Doctrines.; Culture.; Gender.; Sex and law.; Identity politics.; Women.; Religion and Gender.; Islamic Theology.; Culture and Gender.; Gender, Sexuality and Law.; Politics and Gender.; Women's Studies.

This book distinguishes Islam as a spiritual message from the sociopolitical context of its revelation. While the sacred text of the Quran reveals a clear empowerment of women and equality of believers, such spirit is barely reflected in the interpretations. Trapped between Western rhetoric that por...