From a Single Soul: Gender Justice in the Islamic Sources.

Beschreibung

From a Single Soul: Gender Justice in the Islamic Sources — A systematic Theological Approach.

Katrin J. Brezansky-Günes

Safinah Verlag, Wien 2025

375 Seiten

ISBN: 978-3-9505239-1-1

Sprache: Englisch

Date of Release (Erscheinungsdatum) : 7. 11. 2025

This book explores the question of Gender-Justice from the viewpoint of the Islamic sources – the Holy Qur’an and the prophetic sunnah – and raises further critical questions concerning the implications of the issue of Gender-Justice for a contemporary understanding of the sharīʿa.

It aims to bridge the gap between the classical exegetical traditions and the modern academic discourse by applying a systematic theological methodology in approaching the Islamic sources, attempting to answer the question, whether Gender-Justice exists from the viewpoint of the Islamic sources, or not.

Some of the questions addressed in this book:

• Does Gender Justice exist in the Islamic Sources?
• Does the Qur’an view gender relations as hierarchical or egalitarian?
• Do women have to obey men?
• What are conceptions of malehood and masculinities in the context of the Prophetic Sunnah?

About the author:

Katrin J. Brezansky-Günes is an Islamic scholar trained in traditional religious as well as modern academic settings. Additionally, she has obtained her degrees in Social- and Cultural Anthropology, Linguistics and Art Education. She has worked for many years as head of research for the IHIW Institute of Islamic studies and Humanities Vienna and has lectured and trained students in the fields of Qur’anic Sciences & Tafsīr, Hadith Studies, Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Gender Studies and Islamic history.

She has edited and published several academic as well as fiction books about Islamic spirituality, Islamic philosophy and interfaith dialogue and is currently working as an independent researcher, author and teacher.