Shattering stereotypes, Schimmel reconstructs an important but little-known chapter of Islamic spirituality. With copious examples, she shows the clear equality of women and men in the conception of the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, the feminine language of the mystical tradition, and in the role of holy mothers and unmarried women as manifestations of God.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Original Language: German
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Annemarie Schimmel was for many years a Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture at Harvard University and before that Professor of Islamic Studies at Ankara and Bonn. In 1995, she was the recipient of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. >
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A Critical Approach to Feminism and Islam,
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This review is from: My Soul is a Woman: The Feminine in Islam (Hardcover)
This book is powerfully written. Examining sacred texts and social conventions important to muslims. The hermenutical frame used is one of suspicion and brings forth many enlightening ideas about Islam and feminism. This book will cause aparadigm shift in your understang of Islam
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This review is from: My Soul is a Woman: The Feminine in Islam (Paperback)
Internationally acclaimed scholar Annemarie Schimmel shatters stereotypes as she reconstructs, with copious examples, an important but little-known chapter of Islamic spirituality - showing the clear equality of women and men in the conception of the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur'an, and in the feminine language of the mystical tradition.
The Qur'an is clear that God is neither male nor female, "neither begotten nor does God beget", but rather beyond our understanding. We are not to equate any human physical attributes to God, and hence there is no debate in Islam about God's genitalia! Wonderful! Eve is not a secondary creation but created, like Adam, from a single soul. Eve is not responsible for the "sin" and Hagar is a strong believing woman of faith who understands God is "testing" Ibrahim/Abraham with taking her and the baby Ismail/Ishmael to the desert and leaving them there! And there's more. . . Teachers/Librarians: 9th grade-adult, Social Studies/Humanities. Especially accessible for high school students are the ""Introduction and the chapters on "Women in Sufism" and "Women in the Qur'an and in the Tradition" [Hadith]. See also for your collection: Amina Wadud's Qur'an and Woman!
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A Critical Approach to Feminism and Islam,
By Usman Siddiqui (Cincinnati, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Soul is a Woman: The Feminine in Islam (Hardcover)
This book is powerfully written. Examining sacred texts and social conventions important to muslims. The hermenutical frame used is one of suspicion and brings forth many enlightening ideas about Islam and feminism. This book will cause aparadigm shift in your understang of Islam
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- Soul Sisters: The Five Sacred Qualities of a Woman's Soul by Pythia Peay on page 45, page 71, and Back Matter
- The Mosque: The Heart of Submission (Abrahamic Dialogues) by Rusmir Mahmutcehajic in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad on page 161, and Back Matter
- Marriage, Money and Divorce in Medieval Islamic Society (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) by Yossef Rapoport in Back Matter
- Ecstasy and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia by Ali S. Asani on page 69
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