Exploring Women's Madrasahs in South Africa: Implications for the Construction of Muslim Personhood and Religious Literacy

Set against the backdrop of a changing pluralistic South African society, this article traces the shifts concerning religion in public education, followed by an examination of the discernible motivations that undergirded the establishment of women's madrasahs (Islamic educational institutions)....

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Autor principal: Hoel, Nina (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: [2016]
En: Religious education
Año: 2016, Volumen: 111, Número: 1, Páginas: 30-48
Clasificaciones IxTheo:AH Pedagogía de la religión
BJ Islam
KBN África subsahariana
NBE Antropología
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Sumario:Set against the backdrop of a changing pluralistic South African society, this article traces the shifts concerning religion in public education, followed by an examination of the discernible motivations that undergirded the establishment of women's madrasahs (Islamic educational institutions). Collectively representing an alternative approach to education by acknowledging and preserving Muslim identity, history, and religiosity, madrasah education is also configured through particular understandings of gender and gender relations in Islam. Hence, in this article, I probe the extent to which women's madrasahs in South Africa introduce notions of gendered religious literacy and personhood, and whether these are fashioned along traditional gender scripts and ideals.
ISSN:1547-3201
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2016.1124011