Political studies review encountering the transnational is a welcome addition to the emergent field of muslim womens leadership with the analyses that it proposes of the new nexus of gender activism and transnationalism implications of this new convergence are important with its identification of new forces that push social actors to reengage with islamic texts and islamic identity and to foster what sharify funk calls the new hermeneutic turn australian religion studies review. Encountering the transnational women islam and the politics of interpretation gender in a global local world meena sharify funk isbn 9780754671237 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Encountering the transnational women islam and the politics of interpretation gender in a global local world english edition ebook sharify funk meena amazonde kindle shop. Encountering the transnational women islam and the politics of interpretation gender in a global local world author ms meena sharify funk contributors professor pauline gardiner barber. The resultant work encountering the transnational provides a rich and cliche bursting account of womens reflections on a wide range of topics that are now being discussed in transnational as well as national and local forums including the status of women in islam the role of women as interpreters of religious norms the relationship between secular and religious forms of self identification perceptions of islamic western relations experiences of marginalization and opportunities for