Kecia Ali

Sexual Ethics and Islam (eBook, ePUB)

Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Whether exploring the thorny issues of wives' sexual duties, divorce, homosexuality, or sex outside marriage, discussions of sexual ethics and Islam often spark heated conflict rather than reasoned argument. In this updated and expanded edition of her ground-breaking work, feminist Muslim scholar Dr Kecia Ali asks how one can determine what makes sex lawful and ethical in the sight of God. Drawing on both revealed and interpretative Muslim texts, Ali critiques medieval and contemporary commentators alike to produce a balanced and comprehensive study of a subject both sensitive and urgent, making this an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and interested readers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780748535
• Artikelnr.: 43809928

Autorenporträt

Kecia Ali is Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University. She is a world authority on Islamic jurisprudence, and author of Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith and Jurisprudence.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 
1  Marriage, Money, and Sex
    "And according to what they spend from their wealth ... "
    Sex
    Intermarriage
    Conclusion
    Coda 1
 
2  Lesser Evils: Divorce in Islamic Ethics
    Untying the knot
    Extreme circumstances
    Prospects for reform
    Conclusion
    Coda 2
 
3  "What your right hands possess": Slave Concubinage in Muslim Texts and
Discourses
    Islam and slavery: overview of sources and history
    Women, war captives, and withdrawal
    Conclusion
    Coda 3
 
4  Prohibited Acts and Forbidden Partners: Illicit Sex in Islamic
Jurisprudence
    Protecting chastity: the classical texts
    Paternity, legal fictions, and non-marital sex in contemporary Muslim
thought
    Conclusion
    Coda 4
 
5  Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Same-Sex Intimacy in Muslim Thought
    History
    Don't ask, don't tell
    Same-sex marriage
    Conclusion
    Coda 5
 
6  "Reduce but do not destroy": Female "Circumcision" in Islamic Sources
    Islamic or un-Islamic?
     "Reduce but do not destroy"
    Conclusion
    Coda 6
 
7  "If you have touched women": Female Bodies and Male Agency in the Qur'an
    To whom am I speaking?
    A difficult verse
    Garments for one another
    Conclusion
    Coda 7
 
8  The Prophet Muhammad, his Beloved Aishah, and Modern Muslim
Sensibilities
    Apologetics and polemics
    Searching for solace
    Conclusion
    Coda 8
 
9  Toward an Islamic Ethics of Sex
 
Afterword to the 2016 edition
Notes
Bibliography
Index