Islam and Gender : : The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran /

Islam and Gender : : The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran / / Ziba Mir-Hosseini.

Show other versions (1)

Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the re-introduction of Sharica law relating to gender and the family, women's rights in Iran suffered a major setback. However, as the implementers of the law have faced the social realities of women's lives and aspirations, positive changes hav...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Mir-Hosseini, Ziba,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2000
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; 7
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Language
  • Introduction
  • Part One THE TRADITIONALISTS: GENDER INEQUALITY
  • Introduction to Part One
  • 1 Women Ignored: Grand Ayatollah Madani
  • 2 Women Politicized: Ayatollah Azari-Qomi
  • Part Two THE NEO-TRADITIONALISTS: GENDER BALANCE
  • Introduction to Part Two
  • 3 Women Represented: Discussions with Payam-e Zan
  • 4 Equality or Balance: Redefining Gender Notions in the Sharica
  • 5 Women Reconsidered: Ayatollah Yusef Saneci
  • 6 Agreeing to Differ: Final Meeting with Payam-e Zan
  • Part Three THE MODERNISTS: TOWARD GENDER EQUALITY
  • Introduction to Part Three
  • 7 Challenges and Complicities: Abdolkarim Sorush and Gender
  • 8 Gender Equality and Islamic Jurisprudence: The Work of Hojjat ol-Eslam Sacidzadeh
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Similar Items