In this article, I discuss the tensions between patriarchal and non-patriarchal interpretations of the Islamic tradition and some of the factors which contribute to the engendering of both. In order to contextualize the main discussion in the first part of the article, I outline the historical tensions between the study of religion and gender in general. The question of whether the culturally organizing function of gender is to be inevitably linked to the formation and perpetuation of patriarchal religion in general, and Islam in particular, is explored, or whether religion, including the case of Islam, can be a source of non-patriarchal values and ethics. In the second part, I discuss some of the most prominent factors which contribute to patriarchal interpretations of the Islamic tradition by grouping them, from the perspective of the individual interpreter, into those which pertain to personal opinion regarding the nature of two genders, Sitz im Leben , and interpretational methodology ( manhaj ). In the context of non-patriarchal interpretations of the Islamic tradition, I discuss its main delineating features and show, by using the work of a contemporary reformist Iranian scholar, H. Y. Eshkevari (b. 1949/1950), how the contemporary non-patriarchal interpretations of the Islamic tradition are sensitive to how both patriarchy and gender influence the process of interpretation.

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性别研究与宗教之间的紧张关系

在这篇文章中，我讨论了对伊斯兰传统的父权制和非父权制解释之间的紧张关系，以及导致两者产生的一些因素。为了将文章第一部分的主要讨论置于语境中，我概述了宗教研究与一般性别之间的历史紧张关系。性别的文化组织功能是否不可避免地与一般宗法宗教，尤其是伊斯兰教的形成和延续有关，或者宗教，包括伊斯兰教，是否可以成为非宗教的来源。 - 重男轻女的价值观和伦理。在第二部分中，我通过分组讨论了一些最重要的因素，这些因素有助于对伊斯兰传统进行重男轻女的解释，从个人解释者的角度来看，关于两种性别的性质，Sitz im Leben 和解释方法 (manhaj) 的个人观点。在对伊斯兰传统的非父权解释的背景下，我讨论了它的主要特征，并通过使用当代伊朗改革派学者 HY Eshkevari（b. 1949/1950）的作品展示了当代非父权解释如何伊斯兰传统对父权制和性别如何影响解释过程很敏感。