According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, theology is defined as “the study of religious faith, practice, and experience: especially the study of God and God’s relation to the world.” The term originally comes from the Greek theos, i.e., God, and logos, i.e., reason. As a subject, it deals with matters concerning the nature of God, the essence of what […]
Tag Archives: feminism
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Apr
Apr
The recent controversy surrounding Imam Zaid Shakir’s khutba on feminism speaks to the rise of an increasingly aggressive feminist movement in the Muslim community. In this informal episode, I offer some thoughts on this matter and address my recent change in social media engagement. Articles mentioned in this episode: Feminism and Use of the Secular […]
30
Mar
Mar
The subject of the status of women in Islam is one that captivates minds today to an extent that makes it difficult to appreciate how historically recent this obsession really is. This begs the question to what extent is it an artifact of the currently prevailing values of Western feminist thought and inherited colonialist narratives […]
14
Aug
Aug
Modern culture can be characterized as one that elevates feeling over fact and equivocates between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. Islamic cosmology and the Quran teach that the male and the female are equal, yet different opposing parts of a whole. Their relationship is that of complementarity as opposed to sameness. Despite the indefatigable […]
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Sep
Sep
Sachiko Murata is not a widely known figure among Muslims. But she should be. Currently a professor of religion and Asian studies at Stony Brook University, where she teaches Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, she holds a PhD in Persian literature on the role of women in the Haft paykar, a poetical work by Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209). […]