Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

My Soul Is a Woman: The Feminine in Islam

Annemarie Schimmel

3.67/5 (128 ratings)

Read Now Download Now

An internationally acclaimed scholar, who has dedicated more than fifty years of her life to understanding the Islamic world. Annemarie Schimmel examines a much-misunderstood feature of Islam: the role of women. Schimmel is critical of those—especially Western feminists—who take Islam to task without taking the time to comprehend the cultures, language, and traditions of the many societies in which Islam is the majority religion. Shattering stereotypes, Schimmel reconstructs an important but little-known chapter of Islamic spirituality. With copius examples, she shows the clear equality of women and men in the conception of the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, the feminine language of the mystical tradition, and the role of holy mothers and unmarried women as manifestations of God. This work is studded with luminous texts from Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and particularly Indo-Muslim cultures, which reveal how physical love can give expression to the highest forms of mysticism.

Format:

Pages:: 193 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0826414443

ISBN13:: 9780826414441

kindle Asin:: 0826414443

My Soul Is a Woman: The Feminine in Islam

Annemarie Schimmel

3.67/5 (128 ratings)

Read Download

An internationally acclaimed scholar, who has dedicated more than fifty years of her life to understanding the Islamic world. Annemarie Schimmel examines a much-misunderstood feature of Islam: the role of women. Schimmel is critical of those—especially Western feminists—who take Islam to task without taking the time to comprehend the cultures, language, and traditions of the many societies in which Islam is the majority religion. Shattering stereotypes, Schimmel reconstructs an important but little-known chapter of Islamic spirituality. With copius examples, she shows the clear equality of women and men in the conception of the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, the feminine language of the mystical tradition, and the role of holy mothers and unmarried women as manifestations of God. This work is studded with luminous texts from Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and particularly Indo-Muslim cultures, which reveal how physical love can give expression to the highest forms of mysticism.

Format:

Pages:: 193 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0826414443

ISBN13:: 9780826414441

kindle Asin:: 0826414443

More Books

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Azar Nafisi

Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure

Camille Hamilton Adams Helminski

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Richard H. Thaler

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X

From Shamanism to Sufism: Women, Islam and Culture in Central Asia (International Library of Central Asian Studies)

Razia Sultanova

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

Nadia Hashimi

An-Nawawi's Forty Hadith

Yahya ibn Sharaf al Nawawi

Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi جوخة الحارثي

After Dark

Haruki Murakami

عزازيل

Youssef Ziedan

Rabi'a: From Narrative to Myth

Rkia Elaroui Cornell

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu