Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and JurisprudenceSimon and Schuster, 2016 M01 7 - 320 pages Whether exploring the thorny issues of wives’ sexual duties, divorce, homosexuality, or sex outside marriage, discussions of sexual ethics and Islam often spark heated conflict rather than reasoned argument. In this updated and expanded edition of her ground-breaking work, feminist Muslim scholar Dr Kecia Ali asks how one can determine what makes sex lawful and ethical in the sight of God. Drawing on both revealed and interpretative Muslim texts, Ali critiques medieval and contemporary commentators alike to produce a balanced and comprehensive study of a subject both sensitive and urgent, making this an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and interested readers. |
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Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence Kecia Ali. For my mother, my first instructor in ethics, and for my children; may their instructor prove as capable. Study of the tradition demands an exercise of the historical.
Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence Kecia Ali. For my mother, my first instructor in ethics, and for my children; may their instructor prove as capable. Study of the tradition demands an exercise of the historical.
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... historical imagination that is sympathetic as well as critical; sometimes what is branded as obscurantism or bigotry is simply a reflection of a climate of ideas wholly alien from that of our own time. Some of the sexual notions ...
... historical imagination that is sympathetic as well as critical; sometimes what is branded as obscurantism or bigotry is simply a reflection of a climate of ideas wholly alien from that of our own time. Some of the sexual notions ...
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... historical amnesia. To take just one example, Americans and Europeans who decry the normative requirement of marital subordination for Muslim women seem to forget that “obedience was so fundamental to the biblical idea of a wife that it ...
... historical amnesia. To take just one example, Americans and Europeans who decry the normative requirement of marital subordination for Muslim women seem to forget that “obedience was so fundamental to the biblical idea of a wife that it ...
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... historical context.21 How does this discussion of jurisprudence and law relate to the issue of ethics? The word ethics does not have a precise equivalent in Arabic; akhlaq, the usual term, is better rendered as morals or character, and ...
... historical context.21 How does this discussion of jurisprudence and law relate to the issue of ethics? The word ethics does not have a precise equivalent in Arabic; akhlaq, the usual term, is better rendered as morals or character, and ...
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... historical, and social contexts, and Muslim scholars differ, sometimes significantly, on crucial points of doctrine. Despite this diversity, virtually all agree that marriage obligates the husband to pay his wife a dower, that a Muslim ...
... historical, and social contexts, and Muslim scholars differ, sometimes significantly, on crucial points of doctrine. Despite this diversity, virtually all agree that marriage obligates the husband to pay his wife a dower, that a Muslim ...
Contents
Divorce in Islamic Ethics | |
Slave Concubinage in Muslim Texts and Discourses | |
Illicit Sex in Islamic Jurisprudence | |
SameSex Intimacy in Muslim Thought | |
Female Circumcision in Islamic Sources | |
Female Bodies and Male Agency in the Quran | |
The Prophet Muhammad his Beloved Aishah and Modern Muslim Sensibilities | |
Afterword to the 2016 edition | |
Bibliography | |
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