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Aysha A. Hidayatullah offers the first comprehensive examination of contemporary feminist Qur'anic interpretation, exploring its dynamic challenges to Islamic tradition and contemporary Muslim views of the Qur'an. She analyzes major feminist readings of the Qur'an beginning in the late twentieth century, synthesizing their common concepts and methods and revealing their vital part in the development of the nascent field of Qur'anic tafsir (exegesis). Hidayatullah contributes her own critical assessment of feminist ''impasses'' in the Qur'anic text and the field's appeals to the principles of equality and justice. She expands these observations into a radical critique of feminist approaches to the Qur'an, arguing that the feminist exegetical endeavor has reached a point of irresolvable contradiction by making claims about the Qur'an that are not fully supported by the text. Hidayatullah outlines major challenges to the authority of feminist interpretations of the Qur'an and interrogates the feminist premises on which they have relied, questioning the viability of current strands of feminist Qur'anic interpretation and proposing a major revision of its exegetical positions. An innovative work of Muslim feminist theology, this volume offers an essential contribution to conversations about feminist tafsir and asking bold questions at the ''edge'' of Qur'anic interpretation.
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"An important resource...throughout my encounters with Feminist Edges of the Qur'an, I felt compelled to travel through it accompanied by the Qur'an and several of the sources Hidayatullah so closely scrutinizes, as if I were renewing old acquaintances and being engulfed anew by the teachings of my faith. I am a more insightful scholar because of the journey."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion
"This book is indispensable for anyone wanting to have a richer understanding of how the Qur'an is read and interpreted within a feminist context. It is a wonderful synthesis of the work that has been done in the field thus far and provides tools necessary to seek out new avenues in understanding the Qur'an while still retaining a feminist spirit."--Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy
"Aysha Hidayatullah cogently narrates American Muslim women's forays into scriptural interpretation, analyzes and critiques their assumptions and methods, and proposes strategies for moving past the aporias generated by existing exegetical approaches. Combining historical explication, lucid analysis, and theologically constructive critique, Feminist Edges of the Qur'an is a landmark contribution to scholarship and a must-read for anyone interested in gender, authority, and Islam." --Kecia Ali, author of Sexual Ethics and Islam
"In Feminist Edges of the Qur'an, Aysha Hidayatullah explores a recent, lively, and somewhat turbulent chapter in this history... Feminist Edges of the Qur'an does offer dynamic ideas such as the 'interdependence' of the sexes, which signal a shifting balance of power between men and women. Hidayatullah's objective is not to idealize certain passages from the Qur'an or to criticize others. Her goal is larger: reminding us that the dichotomies of male control and female passivity must be perpetually disrupted. Last but not least, the book remains a careful summation of the development of Muslim feminist hermeneutics through the ages." --LA Review of Books
"Aysha Hidayatullah's Feminist Edges of the Qur'an is written by an ardent student of feminist Qur'an exegesis who remains committed to the field but who has become increasingly critical of its methods and ambivalent about its conclusions... She makes a plea for embracing the
"radical uncertainty" into which this realization must lead, and for approaching it not with fear but with hope. Her prose is deeply personal and inspired." --First Things
Table Of Contents
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Historical Emergence of Feminist Qur'anic Interpretation | |
| History of Tafsir | |
| The Frames of Feminism | |
| Relationships to Co-Religionists and the State | |
| Three Interpretive Methods of Feminist Qur'anic Interpretation | |
| Historical Contextualization Method | |
| Intra-Textual Method | |
| The Tawhidic Paradigm | |
| Critiques of Feminist Qur'anic Interpretation | |
| Initial Conclusions | |
| A Critical Reassessment | |
| Confronting Feminist Edges | |
| Appendix of Qur'anic Verses | |
| Notes | |
| Bibliography | |
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Aysha A. Hidayatullah offers the first comprehensive examination of contemporary feminist Qur'anic interpretation, exploring its dynamic challenges to Islamic tradition and contemporary Muslim views of the Qur'an. She analyzes major feminist readings of the Qur'an beginning in the late twentieth century, synthesizing their common concepts and methods and revealing their vital part in the development of the nascent field of Qur'anic tafsir (exegesis). Hidayatullah contributes her own critical assessment of feminist ''impasses'' in the Qur'anic text and the field's appeals to the principles of equality and justice. She expands these observations into a radical critique of feminist approaches to the Qur'an, arguing that the feminist exegetical endeavor has reached a point of irresolvable contradiction by making claims about the Qur'an that are not fully supported by the text. Hidayatullah outlines major challenges to the authority of feminist interpretations of the Qur'an and interrogates the feminist premises on which they have relied, questioning the viability of current strands of feminist Qur'anic interpretation and proposing a major revision of its exegetical positions. An innovative work of Muslim feminist theology, this volume offers an essential contribution to conversations about feminist tafsir and asking bold questions at the ''edge'' of Qur'anic interpretation.
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"An important resource...throughout my encounters with Feminist Edges of the Qur'an, I felt compelled to travel through it accompanied by the Qur'an and several of the sources Hidayatullah so closely scrutinizes, as if I were renewing old acquaintances and being engulfed anew by the teachings of my faith. I am a more insightful scholar because of the journey."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion
"This book is indispensable for anyone wanting to have a richer understanding of how the Qur'an is read and interpreted within a feminist context. It is a wonderful synthesis of the work that has been done in the field thus far and provides tools necessary to seek out new avenues in understanding the Qur'an while still retaining a feminist spirit."--Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy
"Aysha Hidayatullah cogently narrates American Muslim women's forays into scriptural interpretation, analyzes and critiques their assumptions and methods, and proposes strategies for moving past the aporias generated by existing exegetical approaches. Combining historical explication, lucid analysis, and theologically constructive critique, Feminist Edges of the Qur'an is a landmark contribution to scholarship and a must-read for anyone interested in gender, authority, and Islam." --Kecia Ali, author of Sexual Ethics and Islam
"In Feminist Edges of the Qur'an, Aysha Hidayatullah explores a recent, lively, and somewhat turbulent chapter in this history... Feminist Edges of the Qur'an does offer dynamic ideas such as the 'interdependence' of the sexes, which signal a shifting balance of power between men and women. Hidayatullah's objective is not to idealize certain passages from the Qur'an or to criticize others. Her goal is larger: reminding us that the dichotomies of male control and female passivity must be perpetually disrupted. Last but not least, the book remains a careful summation of the development of Muslim feminist hermeneutics through the ages." --LA Review of Books
"Aysha Hidayatullah's Feminist Edges of the Qur'an is written by an ardent student of feminist Qur'an exegesis who remains committed to the field but who has become increasingly critical of its methods and ambivalent about its conclusions... She makes a plea for embracing the
"radical uncertainty" into which this realization must lead, and for approaching it not with fear but with hope. Her prose is deeply personal and inspired." --First Things
Table Of Contents
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Historical Emergence of Feminist Qur'anic Interpretation | |
| History of Tafsir | |
| The Frames of Feminism | |
| Relationships to Co-Religionists and the State | |
| Three Interpretive Methods of Feminist Qur'anic Interpretation | |
| Historical Contextualization Method | |
| Intra-Textual Method | |
| The Tawhidic Paradigm | |
| Critiques of Feminist Qur'anic Interpretation | |
| Initial Conclusions | |
| A Critical Reassessment | |
| Confronting Feminist Edges | |
| Appendix of Qur'anic Verses | |
| Notes | |
| Bibliography | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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