Women in Islamic societies : a literature review of social science scholarship / Ruth Ulrich, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ulrich, Ruth, editor.

Series:

Religion and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in Islam.

Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Half a billion Muslim women inhabit some 45 Muslim-majority countries, and another 30 or more countries have significant Muslim minorities, including, increasingly, countries in the developed West. This book provides a literature review of recent empirical social science scholarship that addresses the actualities of women's lives in Muslim societies across multiple geographic regions. This book also discusses the differences in the Sunnis and Shiites in Islam.

Contents:

""WOMEN IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES: A LITERATURE REVIEW OF SOCIAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP""; ""WOMEN IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES: A LITERATURE REVIEW OF SOCIAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: WOMEN IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES: A SELECTED REVIEW OF SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE""; ""PREFACE""; ""I. KEY FINDINGS""; ""II. INTRODUCTION""; ""III. THE SCHOLARSHIP ON WOMEN IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES""; ""IV. DIMENSIONS OF WOMEN�S STATUS AND BODIES OF RESEARCH""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: ISLAM: SUNNIS AND SHIITES""

""SUMMARY""""HISTORICAL BACKGROUND""; ""CORE BELIEFS AND SHARED PRACTICES""; ""SUNNI ISLAM: DEVELOPMENT AND BASIC TENETS""; ""SHIITE ISLAM: DEVELOPMENT AND BASIC TENETS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 12, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-050-9

OCLC:

904248981