Negotiating Homosexuality in Islam : A Legal-hermeneutical Examination of Modern Shīʿī Discourse /

Negotiating Homosexuality in Islam : A Legal-hermeneutical Examination of Modern Shīʿī Discourse /

To enrich the existing debates on Islam and sexual diversity, in the present book, I seek the potential discursive spaces on homosexuality in modern Imāmī legal debates. I have undertaken this research on the thesis that modern Imāmī legal tradition on homosexuality is more flexible and dynamic than...

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Main Author: Alipour, Mehrdads (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
Studies in Islamic Law and Society ; 55.

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Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islamic law > Interpretation and construction.

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Call Number: BP188.14.H65

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Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Transliteration, Translation, and Dates
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Preliminaries
  • Chapter One: Sexuality, Gender, and Marriage in Islam
  • Chapter Two: Modern Shiʿi Ijtihād : a methodological discussion
  • Chapter Three: Modern Homosexuality and the Pre-Homosexual Categories
  • Part II. Homosexuality through the Lenses of Modern Shiʿi Ijtihād (Four Sources of Argumentation)
  • Chapter Four: Examining the Qurʾānic Discourse on Homosexuality
  • Chapter Five: Gauging the Sunna on Homosexuality
  • Chapter Six: Consensus and Reason on Homosexuality
  • Part III. Homosexuality through the Lenses of Modern Shiʿi Ijtihād (Investigating Practical Solutions)
  • Chapter Seven: Homosexuality, Procedural Principles, and Legal Maxims
  • Chapter Eight: Same-sex Unions and Islamic Legal Ethics
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Typology of Shiʿi ḥadīth on Same-Sex Sexual Behaviours
  • Bibliography
  • Index.