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Female Islamic Education Movements: The Re-democratisation of Islamic Knowledge

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Female Islamic Education Movements: The Re-democratisation of Islamic Knowledge
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Masooda Bano
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:263
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 153
Category/GenreIslam
ISBN/Barcode 9781316638613
ClassificationsDewey:297.77082
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 30 May 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Since the 1970s, movements aimed at giving Muslim women access to the serious study of Islamic texts have emerged across the world. In this book, Masooda Bano argues that the creative spirit that marked the rise and consolidation of Islam, whereby Islam inspired serious intellectual engagement to create optimal societal institutions, can be found within these education movements. Drawing on rich ethnographic material from Pakistan, northern Nigeria and Syria, Bano questions the restricted notion of agency associated with these movements, exploring the educational networks which have attracted educated, professional and culturally progressive Muslim women to textual study, thus helping to reverse the most damaging legacy of colonial rule in Muslim societies: the isolation of modern and Islamic knowledge. With its comparative approach, this will appeal to those studying and researching the role of women across Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, as well as the wider Muslim world.

Author Biography

Masooda Bano is Associate Professor in the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), and Senior Golding Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford. She is currently leading a five-year long European Research Council (ERC) funded project entitled Changing Structures of Islamic Authority and Consequences for Social Change: A Transnational Review. She has previously authored and co-edited three books on Islamic education in contemporary Muslim societies.