Gender and Sexuality in the Work of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Hussayn Fadlallah (1935-2010): Transformations of Religious Conceptions in Modern Shiite Islam

这个应用程序是我的项目“大阿亚图拉赛义德工作中的性别和性行为Muḥammad Ḥussayn Faḍlallāh(1935-2010)：现代什叶派伊斯兰教宗教观念的转变”的延续。我的研究重点是性别和性行为的宗教观念的转变，以Muḥammad Ḥussayn Faḍlallāh为例，他是现代最重要的什叶派伊斯兰学者之一，旨在使伊斯兰世界中关于性别和性行为的谈判过程变得可见。目前项目阶段的两份初步成果报告已经出版。2019年9月至11月，在贝鲁特Faḍlallāh档案馆的研究二期期间，由于技术创新（安装数据库）和库存扩展（从报纸、杂志等采购材料），档案馆为我的项目提供了额外的原始资料：230份文件，其中我将120份文件分类为相关内容，主要是报纸和杂志上发表的采访。在此之前，我几乎无法接触到“采访”这一来源类型，这是对项目背景的一个非常重要的扩展，因为Faḍlallāh所面临的主题要么在他的出版物中很少提到，要么根本就没有。例如，这包括与西方社会有关的“性自由”的重要问题。对这方面的分析提供了对Faḍlallāh处理“性现代性”的更深入理解的基本见解（Schmidt 2014）。包含这个新文档库的关键是：Faḍlallāh对个别主题的陈述极大地扩展了，时间差距缩小了，Faḍlallāh的思想出现了新的方面和观点。这使人们能够更好地理解Faḍlallāh的观点和法律评估的发展。此外，通过扩大分析，预计将对Faḍlallāh针对男性和女性的法律裁决有新的见解。在第一次阅读这些文件时，除了我最初认为Faḍlallāh的立场是多维的论点外，我还想探讨另一个论点：Faḍlallāh在许多领域（劳动和离婚法、证人、遗产）逐渐使男女的权利保持一致。在先前材料的背景下分析和解释额外的材料需要相当多的时间。由于这将超过原计划的项目持续时间，我请求将项目继续研究一年。

This application is for a continuation of my project "Gender and Sexuality in the Work of the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥussayn Faḍlallāh (1935-2010): Transformations of Religious Conceptions in Modern Shi’ite Islam". My research focuses on transformations of religious concepts of gender and sexuality using the example of Muḥammad Ḥussayn Faḍlallāh, one of the most important modern Shi’ite Islamic scholars, aiming to make negotiation processes about gender and sexuality in the Islamic world visible. Two contributions with preliminary results from the current project phase are already in print. During research phase II in Faḍlallāh's archive in Beirut from September to November 2019, the archive provided additional source material for my project due to technical innovations (installation of a database) and inventory expansion (material procurement from newspapers, magazines, etc.): 230 documents, of which I classified 120 - mostly interviews published in newspapers and magazines - as relevant in terms of content. The source genre "Interview", which had hardly been available to me until then, is an eminently important extension for the project context, since Faḍlallāh was confronted with topics that he either rarely addressed in his publications or not at all. This includes, for example, the important issue of “sexual freedom” which was raised in relation to Western societies. An analysis of this aspect provides essential insights gaining deeper understanding of Faḍlallāh's handling of “sexual modernity” (Schmidt 2014). Crucial to the inclusion of this new document base is: Faḍlallāh's statements on individual topics expand tremendous, time gaps close, new aspects and perspectives in Faḍlallāh's thinking appear. This enables the development of Faḍlallāh's views and legal assessments to be better understood. In addition, new insights into Faḍlallāh's legal rulings for men and women are expected with the expanded analysis. For the first perusal of the documents, beside my initial thesis that Faḍlallāh's positions are multidimensional, another thesis arised that I would like to pursue: Faḍlallāh has gradually aligned the rights of women and men in many areas (labor and divorce law, witnesses, inheritance). A considerable amount of time is essential for the analysis and interpretation of the additional material in the context of the previous material. Since this will exceed the originally planned project duration, I request the continuation of the project for another research year.