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...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Beyond the Problematic of "the Muslim Woman"
• Chapter 3 The Qur'ānic Revelation in Seventh Century Arabia
• Chapter 4 An Alternative Approach to the Qur'ān
• Chapter 5 The Creation of Humanity
• Chapter 6 The Construction of Human Civilization
• Chapter 7 Moral Integrity as an Evaluation Criteria
• Chapter 8 The Egalitarian Call of the Qur'ān
• Chapter 9 The Qur'ānic Ethic of the Marital Union
• Chapter 10 The Principles of Divorce in the Qur'ān
• Chapter 11 The Shared Responsibility of Men and Women
• Chapter 12 The Management of Public and Private Spheres
• Chapter 13 The Basic Verses on Inheritance
• Chapter 14 Foundations of Corporal Ethic
• Chapter 15 The Equality of In-Court Testimony
• Chapter 16 Why Is There a Lag?
• Chapter 17 What Alternative Possibilities?
• Chapter 18 Equality, the Time of a Revelation.