Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam

Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781350386105
ISBN-13 : 1350386103
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam by : Ayang Utriza Yakin

"Examines various conceptions of hayâ, or feelings of shame, modesty and honor in Islam, and the practices associated with this concept in both Muslim majority and minority contexts"--

Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam

Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781350386112
ISBN-13 : 1350386111
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam by : Ayang Utriza Yakin

With a particular emphasis on definitions, continuities, and change, this edited volume examines the historical role and function of haya' – or feelings of shame, modesty, and honor – in Islamic theology and law, and explores contemporary Muslims' engagements with the concept. The book explores various conceptions of haya' and the practices associated with the concept in both Muslim majority and minority contexts. The empirically rich contributions reveal how haya' is socially constructed in varying social and cultural environments across the globe. From medieval Islam to the modern day, this book demonstrates the importance of haya' and its temporal and spatial transformations.

Woman in the Shade of Islam

Woman in the Shade of Islam
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105112603159
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Woman in the Shade of Islam by : Abdul Rahman Al-Sheha

Covers women in Pre-Islamic society, women's rights in Islam, and misconceptions about women in Islam.

Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures

Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 599
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ISBN-10 : 9789004128194
ISBN-13 : 9004128190
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures by : Suad Joseph

Family, Body, Sexuality and Health is Volume III of the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. In almost 200 well written entries it covers the broad field of family, body, sexuality and health and Islamic cultures.

Histoire, Société et études Islamiques Au 21e Siècle

Histoire, Société et études Islamiques Au 21e Siècle
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9783110720815
ISBN-13 : 3110720817
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Histoire, Société et études Islamiques Au 21e Siècle by : Vincent Legrand

Embrassant le défi de la compréhension de l'islam en contexte autour de l'altérité et des normes, l'ouvrage est original à trois égards. Tout d'abord, par son approche trans-historique, où passés et présents sont intimement inter-reliés, éclairant des phénomènes contemporains à travers leurs enracinement et genèse historiques et en mettant en évidence des phénomènes passés dans la perspective, voire la prospective, d'enjeux contemporains. Ensuite, par son approche trans-religieuse et trans-civilisationnelle (en l'occurrence islamo-chrétienne) dans plusieurs chapitres, pour aborder l'islam, dans ses rapports avec les minorités et en tant que minorité lui-même en contexte européen, et, de manière comparée, avec le christianisme: une approche permettant par « expérience-miroir » de contextualiser l'islam, souvent prisonnier de prismes essentialisants. Enfin, l'ouvrage apporte, dans une perspective pluri- et inter-disciplinaire, un état des lieux de l'apport des diverses disciplines qui l'embrassent, à la pointe des connaissances des sciences humaines et sociales de 21e siècle.

Encyclopedia of Islam

Encyclopedia of Islam
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Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Total Pages : 801
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ISBN-10 : 9781438126968
ISBN-13 : 1438126964
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Encyclopedia of Islam by : Juan Eduardo Campo

Explores the terms, concepts, personalities, historical events, and institutions that helped shape the history of this religion and the way it is practiced today.

Veil

Veil
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000067525877
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Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Veil by : Fadwa El Guindi

This book overturns Western notions of the veil as a symbol of women's oppression in Islamic societies. The author reveals how the veil, which has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since the 1970s, de-marginalizes women in society and is an expression of liberation from colonial legacies as well as a symbol of resistance. She also shows how the veil has multiple and nuanced meanings which extend far beyond the narrow view that it is merely a special form of women's clothing.

Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministry

Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministry
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 432
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ISBN-10 : 9789004332546
ISBN-13 : 9004332545
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministry by :

Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministry: Informing a Dialogue on Gender, Church, and Ministry, co-edited by Margaret English de Alminana and Lois E. Olena, concerns women and Pentecostalism. It introduces the way the Pentecostal/charismatic movement has been shaped by and has shaped women from its beginning and offers a wide variety of responses to the opportunities and limitations women have experienced in their commitment to religious service. Scholars, activists, leaders, and exemplars from a variety of disciplines reflect on the question: How have women responded to a religious context that has depended upon their gifts while, at the same time, limited their voices and perspectives? This volume offers missing and/or silent voices an important corrective and a way forward to shape gender-focused discussions. Contributors are: Estrelda Yvonne Alexander, Peter Althouse, Linda M. Ambrose, Melissa L. Archer, Amy C. Artman, Denise A. Austin, Kate Bowler, Barbara Cavaness-Parks, Loralie Robinson Crabtree, Naomi Dowdy, Margaret English de Alminana, Beth (A. Elizabeth) Grant, Jacqueline Grey, Mimi R. Haddad, Jennifer A. Miskov, Stephanie L. Nance, Lois E. Olena, Ava Kate Oleson, Joy E. A. Qualls, and Zachary Michael Tackett.

Love and Marriage

Love and Marriage
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Publisher : Waveland Press
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : 9781478638827
ISBN-13 : 1478638826
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Love and Marriage by : Serena Nanda

Cultural anthropologist Serena Nanda mines a wide range of ethnographic research to examine the patterns of love, marriage, sexuality, and family unique to eight cultures around the world. After reviewing changing patterns in the United States, readers are taken to China, India, Brazil, Iran, Indonesia, Nigeria, the South Pacific, and Nepal to explore traditions and transformations and the intertwining dynamics of kinship, class, politics, religion, and gender roles in love and marriage. An additional chapter traces the diversity of LGBTQ relationships, with contemporary examples drawn from the US, Indonesia, and India. A valuable summary chapter features a brief analysis of similar and different cultural configurations. Nanda’s ethnographically rich examples and fresh perspective will challenge readers to understand that their own culture is not natural or superior but rather just one of many possibilities adapted to specific environments and subject to changes.

The Middle East

The Middle East
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : 9780190291440
ISBN-13 : 0190291443
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Middle East by : Gary S. Gregg

For over a decade the Middle East has monopolized news headlines in the West. Journalists and commentators regularly speculate that the region's turmoil may stem from the psychological momentum of its cultural traditions or of a "tribal" or "fatalistic" mentality. Yet few studies of the region's cultural psychology have provided a critical synthesis of psychological research on Middle Eastern societies. Drawing on autobiographies, literary works, ethnographic accounts, and life-history interviews, The Middle East: A Cultural Psychology, offers the first comprehensive summary of psychological writings on the region, reviewing works by psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists that have been written in English, Arabic, and French. Rejecting stereotypical descriptions of the "Arab mind" or "Muslim mentality,' Gary Gregg adopts a life-span- development framework, examining influences on development in infancy, early childhood, late childhood, and adolescence as well as on identity formation in early and mature adulthood. He views patterns of development in the context of recent work in cultural psychology, and compares Middle Eastern patterns less with Western middle class norms than with those described for the region's neighbors: Hindu India, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Mediterranean shore of Europe. The research presented in this volume overwhelmingly suggests that the region's strife stems much less from a stubborn adherence to tradition and resistance to modernity than from widespread frustration with broken promises of modernization--with the slow and halting pace of economic progress and democratization. A sophisticated account of the Middle East's cultural psychology, The Middle East provides students, researchers, policy-makers, and all those interested in the culture and psychology of the region with invaluable insight into the lives, families, and social relationships of Middle Easterners as they struggle to reconcile the lure of Westernized life-styles with traditional values.