In American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism: More Than a Prayer, Juliane Hammer traces recent conversations around gender and religion within American Muslim communities. Taking as a starting point the mixedgender Friday prayer led by Amina Wadud in 2005, the author examines how questions of gendered religious authority have been negotiated through interpretations of scripture and religious laws, challenges to constructions of tradition and community, contestations surrounding prayer spaces, and representations of Muslim women in the media and autobiographical narratives.
Source: American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences