Description: Further DetailsTitle: Humanizing the SacredCondition: NewSubtitle: Sisters in Islam and the Struggle for Gender Justice in MalaysiaISBN-10: 0295995327EAN: 9780295995328ISBN: 9780295995328Publisher: University of Washington PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/01/2015Description: In recent years, global attention has focused on how women in communities of Muslims are revitalizing Islam by linking interpretation of religious ideas to the protection of rights and freedoms. Humanizing the Sacred demonstrates how Sunni women activists in Malaysia are fracturing institutionalized Islamic authority by generating new understandings of rights and redefining the moral obligations of their community. Based on ethnographic research of Sisters in Islam (SIS), a nongovernmental organization of professional women promoting justice and equality, Basarudin examines SIS members' involvement in the production and transmission of Islamic knowledge to reformulate legal codes and reconceptualize gender discourses. By weaving together women's lived realities, feminist interpretations of Islamic texts, and Malaysian cultural politics, this book illuminates how a localized struggle of claiming rights takes shape within a transnational landscape. It provides a vital understanding of how women "live" Islam through the integration of piety and reason and the implications of women's political activism for the transformation of Islamic tradition itself.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 499gAuthor: Azza BasarudinGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: Humanizing the SacredTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Social Sciences, HistoryRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Humanizing the Sacred
Title: Humanizing the Sacred
Subtitle: Sisters in Islam and the Struggle for Gender Justice in Malaysia
ISBN-10: 0295995327
EAN: 9780295995328
ISBN: 9780295995328
Release Date: 12/01/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Humanizing the Sacred : Sisters in Islam and the Struggle for Gender Justice in Malaysia
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Asia / Southeast Asia, Gender Studies, Civil Rights, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Women's Studies, Sexuality & Gender Studies
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, Social Science, History
Author: Azza Basarudin
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Decolonizing Feminisms Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
