{"product_id":"humanizing-the-sacred-azza-basarudin-9780295995328","title":"Humanizing the Sacred: Sisters in Islam and the Struggle for Gender Justice in Malaysia","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, global attention has focused on how women in communities of Muslims are revitalizing Islam by linking interpretation of religious ideas to the protection of rights and freedoms.\u003ci\u003e Humanizing the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how Sunni women activists in Malaysia are fracturing institutionalized Islamic authority by generating new understandings of rights and redefining the moral obligations of their community. Based on ethnographic research of Sisters in Islam (SIS), a nongovernmental organization of professional women promoting justice and equality, Basarudin examines SIS members' involvement in the production and transmission of Islamic knowledge to reformulate legal codes and reconceptualize gender discourses. By weaving together women's lived realities, feminist interpretations of Islamic texts, and Malaysian cultural politics, this book illuminates how a localized struggle of claiming rights takes shape within a transnational landscape. It provides a vital understanding of how women \"live\" Islam through the integration of piety and reason and the implications of women's political activism for the transformation of Islamic tradition itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Azza Basarudin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295995327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295995328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Azza Basarudin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064817594623,"sku":"9780295995328","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7083a382-0659-4fef-88bd-fe8f845adacd.jpg?v=1768671229","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humanizing-the-sacred-azza-basarudin-9780295995328","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}