Making It Different? Islamic Religious Education, Gender and Leadership

SELÇUK M.

Religious Education, vol.118, no.3, pp.241-253, 2023 (AHCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 118 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/00344087.2023.2227785
  • Journal Name: Religious Education
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Periodicals Index Online, ATLA Religion Database, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Jewish Studies Source
  • Page Numbers: pp.241-253
  • Keywords: Conceptual Clarity Model, dignity, Islam and gender, Leadership, respect
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

To lead is to create a climate in which a human being and community flourish together. In trying to achieve this, a leader should be conscious of the ambivalent feelings of people and mindful of how to restore them. As a woman in a position of authority in a setting where there was a structural lack of recognition of women in leadership, recognizing the relationship of power and knowledge and building on expanded notions of respect and the skills of a Conceptual Clarity Model allowed the author to persist with dignity as a leader.