Female religious authority in Shi'i Islam: past and present

13 case studies of women exercising religious authority in Shiʿi Islam from the classical period to the presentIslamic religious authority is conventionally understood to be an exclusively male purview. Yet when dissected into its various manifestations – leading prayer, preaching, issuing fatwas, t...

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Contributors: Künkler, Mirjam 1977- (Editor) ; Stewart, Devin J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Shi'ah / Woman / Muslim woman / Authority / Religion
Further subjects:B Shīʻah Doctrines
B Middle East / Generals / HISTORY
B Collection of essays
B Shīʻah
B Islamic Studies
B Islam Doctrines
B Authority Religious aspects Islam
B Women in Islam
B Shiite women
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