Woman, Man, and God in Modern Islam
Author | : Theodore Friend |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780802866738 |
ISBN-13 | : 0802866735 |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Award-winning historian Theodore Friend recently set out alone across Asia and the Middle East on a quest to understand firsthand the life situations of women in Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey. Woman, Man, and God in Modern Islam recounts Friend s remarkable journey and relates hundreds of encounters and conversations with people he met along the way. Commingling a deep respect for Islam and his faith in the potential of women to change their worlds, Friend presents an open, exploratory outsider s perspective on women in five very different Islamic cultures timely fare for all who wish to broaden their world horizons.