What is it about?
This article considers hermeneutics for Islamic scripture that are useful from an Islamic feminist perspective. In the main, it uses a combination of the interpretative methods of Fazlur Rahman and of Paul Ricouer and applies them to interpretation of the Qur'an and hadith literature.
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Why is it important?
The use of both Rahman and Ricouer in the effort to interpret Islamic scripture is innovative. Viewing these scriptures through a feminist lens with these interpretative methods is even more so.
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This page is a summary of: Towards an Islamic feminist hermeneutic, Journal for Islamic Studies, October 2008, African Journals Online (AJOL),
DOI: 10.4314/jis.v21i1.39954.
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