Women Shaping Islam: Indonesian Women Reading the Qur'an - Brossura

Doorn-Harder, Pieternella Van

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ISBN 10: 0252073177 ISBN 13: 9780252073175

Casa editrice: Univ of Illinois Pr, 2006

Riassunto

In the United States, precious little is known about the active role Muslim women have played for nearly a century in the religious culture of Indonesia, the largest majority-Muslim country in the world. While much of the Muslim world excludes women from the domain of religious authority, the country's two leading Muslim organizations--Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)--have created enormous networks led by women who interpret sacred texts and exercise powerful religious influence.
In Women Shaping Islam, Pieternella van Doorn-Harder explores the work of these contemporary women leaders, examining their attitudes toward the rise of radical Islamists; the actions of the authoritarian Soeharto regime; women's education and employment; birth control and family planning; and sexual morality. Ultimately, van Doorn-Harder reveals the many ways in which Muslim women leaders understand and utilize Islam as a significant force for societal change; one that ultimately improves the economic, social, and psychological condition of women in Indonesian society. 
 

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L'autore:

Pieternella van Doorn-Harder is an associate professor of Islam and world religions at Valparaiso University. She is the author of Contemporary Coptic Nuns and the editor of Between Desert and City: the Coptic Orthodox Church Today.

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Book by van DoornHarder Pieternella

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• Editore: Univ of Illinois Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0252073177
• ISBN 13: 9780252073175
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 324