Papers by Sonja van Wichelen
Handbook of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Lives, 2018
This chapter discusses contemporary debates around the topic of gender relations
in Muslim socie... more This chapter discusses contemporary debates around the topic of gender relations
in Muslim societies with a focus on Muslim women. After a brief introduction
and geographical orientation of the subject matter, we start the chapter with a
description of theological debates around the role of women in Islam and Muslim
understandings of sex and gender. We then shift our attention to contemporary
practices and discuss socio-cultural debates around the (gendered) Muslim body
and explain how and why they have been central in the instrumentalization of
politics. Here we include the discursive and symbolic politics around veiling that
have taken a prominent role in European debates around citizenship, integration,
and belonging. Following from this, we deliberate the place of gender in political
theology and conclude by engaging with the question of transnational feminism.
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Papers by Sonja van Wichelen
in Muslim societies with a focus on Muslim women. After a brief introduction
and geographical orientation of the subject matter, we start the chapter with a
description of theological debates around the role of women in Islam and Muslim
understandings of sex and gender. We then shift our attention to contemporary
practices and discuss socio-cultural debates around the (gendered) Muslim body
and explain how and why they have been central in the instrumentalization of
politics. Here we include the discursive and symbolic politics around veiling that
have taken a prominent role in European debates around citizenship, integration,
and belonging. Following from this, we deliberate the place of gender in political
theology and conclude by engaging with the question of transnational feminism.
in Muslim societies with a focus on Muslim women. After a brief introduction
and geographical orientation of the subject matter, we start the chapter with a
description of theological debates around the role of women in Islam and Muslim
understandings of sex and gender. We then shift our attention to contemporary
practices and discuss socio-cultural debates around the (gendered) Muslim body
and explain how and why they have been central in the instrumentalization of
politics. Here we include the discursive and symbolic politics around veiling that
have taken a prominent role in European debates around citizenship, integration,
and belonging. Following from this, we deliberate the place of gender in political
theology and conclude by engaging with the question of transnational feminism.