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Sexuality in Islam (Saqi Essentials)
Abdelwahab Bouhdiba
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Description for Sexuality in Islam (Saqi Essentials)
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In this classic work, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba asserts that Islam is a lyrical view of life in which sexuality enjoys a privileged status. Drawing on both Arabic and Western sources and seeking to integrate the religious and the sexual, Bouhdiba describes the place of sexuality in the traditional Islamic view of the world and examines whether a harmony of sexuality and religious faith is achieved in practice. Beginning with the Quran, Bouhdiba confronts the question of male supremacy in Islam and the strict separation of the masculine and the feminine. He considers purification practices; Islamic attitudes towards homosexuality, ... Read more
In this classic work, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba asserts that Islam is a lyrical view of life in which sexuality enjoys a privileged status. Drawing on both Arabic and Western sources and seeking to integrate the religious and the sexual, Bouhdiba describes the place of sexuality in the traditional Islamic view of the world and examines whether a harmony of sexuality and religious faith is achieved in practice. Beginning with the Quran, Bouhdiba confronts the question of male supremacy in Islam and the strict separation of the masculine and the feminine. He considers purification practices; Islamic attitudes towards homosexuality, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Saqi Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780863564932
SKU
V9780863564932
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About Abdelwahab Bouhdiba
Born in 1932 in Kairouan, Tunisia, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba is Professor of Islamic Sociology at the University of Tunis, where he is also Director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Economiques et Sociales. He has served as an adviser for international organisations such as the UNESCO and the UN, and for the Tunisian government, on issues dealing with development and ... Read more
Reviews for Sexuality in Islam (Saqi Essentials)
'Readable and informative ... an imaginative and off-beat sourcebook' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute