My
Soul is a Woman: The Feminine in Islam
By Schimmel, Annemarie
1997/08 - Continuum International Publishing Group
0826410146 - Hardcover
Our Price $22.95 
Related Books: Islam
and Sufism, Women
and the Sophia Perennis
Publisher
Shattering stereotypes, Schimmel reconstructs an
important but little-known chapter of Islamic spirituality. With copious
examples, she shows the clear equality of women and men in the
conception of the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, the feminine language of
the mystical tradition, and in the role of holy mothers and unmarried
women as manifestations of God.
Contents
|
Preface |
9 |
|
Introduction |
17 |
| 1 |
Women and the Prophet |
26 |
| 2 |
Women in Sufism |
34 |
| 3 |
Women in the Quran and in the
Tradition |
54 |
| 4 |
Woman or "Man of God": The
Education of the Soul (nafs) |
69 |
| 5 |
The Old Woman |
81 |
| 6 |
The Mothers |
89 |
| 7 |
Woman as Manifestation of God |
98 |
| 8 |
The Brides of God |
107 |
| 9 |
Woman-Souls in Indo-Pakistani Poetry |
118 |
| 10 |
Sassi's Wanderings |
139 |
| 11 |
Sohni Mehanwal |
156 |
| 12 |
Omar Marui |
169 |
|
Epilogue |
180 |
|
Bibliography |
182 |
|
Index |
191 |
