In recent decades, women in the Christian and Islamic traditions have been negotiating what it means to participate in religious practice as a woman within the two traditions, and how to interpret canonical scripture. This book creates a shared space for Muslim and Christian wom…
In recent decades, women in the Christian and Islamic traditions have been negotiating what it means to participate in religious practice as a woman within the two traditions, and how to interpret canonical scripture. This book creates a shared space for Muslim and Christian wom…
"Demonstrating the central role of third/ninth century hadith scholars in the articulation of Sunni Islam, this book bases its findings largely upon the analysis of multiple biographical dictionaries, such as al-Dhahabi's Tadhkirat al-huffaz, Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir…
"Demonstrating the central role of third/ninth century hadith scholars in the articulation of Sunni Islam, this book bases its findings largely upon the analysis of multiple biographical dictionaries, such as al-Dhahabi's Tadhkirat al-huffaz, Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir…
Asma Sayeed's book traces the history of Muslim women's religious education over the course of nearly ten centuries. Asma Sayeed's book explores the history of women as religious scholars from the first decades of Islam through the early Ottoman period (seventh to the seventeen…
Asma Sayeed's book traces the history of Muslim women's religious education over the course of nearly ten centuries. Asma Sayeed's book explores the history of women as religious scholars from the first decades of Islam through the early Ottoman period (seventh to the seventeen…
Asma Sayeed's book explores the history of women as religious scholars from the first decades of Islam through the early Ottoman period (seventh to the seventeenth centuries). Focusing on women's engagement with ḥadīth, this book analyzes dramatic chronological patterns in women…
Conceptual analysis. Definition and scope of wasaṭiyyah -- Review of the source evidence -- A round-up of modern opinion -- Hallmarks and types of extremism -- Manifestations of wasaṭiyyah -- Identification of wasaṭiyyah -- Institutional developments -- Thematic perspectives. Mo…
Scholars debate the accuracy of the Koran, quest to discover the biographical history of Muhammad, and debate the precepts of Islamic law.
