Ibn 'Arabi, gender and sexuality
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Shaikh, Sa'diyya
- Publish Year
- 2012
- Shelfmark
- WER 8 2012 - B
- Thesaurus
- islam, mystiek, spiritualiteit, gelijke behandeling, feminisme, 12e eeuw, 13e eeuw
- Description
- Reading through a feminist lens of the works of thirteenth century Andalusian Arab Muslim scholar, Sufi saint and philosopher Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi (1165-1240). Shaikh focuses on the question of gendered roles and functionalities in the Islamic tradition – going beyond the legal trappings into more ontological questions that she thinks must be answered, in order to reshape and redefine contemporary understandings of Islam and gender justice.