Series editor’s foreword

We are pleased to present the third volume of “Wiener Islamstudien” works in the field of Islamic Studies from the University of Vienna. This series aims to make intellectual contributions to Islamic discourse while providing material that is academically rigorous and accessible to the general public. The current volume on Muslima Theology highlights an important emergent phenomenon in contemporary debates about the situation of Muslim women. This is the growing role played by female Muslim theologians and academics working in the field of religious studies who are critically reflecting on their position within Islam through making interpretive contributions that challenge