Moroccan Female Religious Agents: Old Practices and New Perspectives
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Theories and Concepts -- 1 A Review -- 2 Research Design -- 3 The Conceptual Background -- Chapter 2 Sufism and Gender -- 1 Moroccan Islam -- 2 Approaches to Moroccan Islam -- 3 Sufism in Relation...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Boston
BRILL
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Women and Gender: the Middle East and the Islamic World Ser.
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| Further subjects: | B
Women in Islam-Morocco
B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004429888 |
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Theories and Concepts -- 1 A Review -- 2 Research Design -- 3 The Conceptual Background -- Chapter 2 Sufism and Gender -- 1 Moroccan Islam -- 2 Approaches to Moroccan Islam -- 3 Sufism in Relation to Gender -- 4 Women's Mysticism in Islamic History -- 5 Islamic Hagiography -- 6 Moroccan Hagiography -- 7 Diversity, Hierarchy and Authenticity -- Chapter 3 Moroccan Female Saints -- 1 The Construction of Sainthood -- 2 Types of Agency -- 3 Women Saints: ʿAzīza ʾal-Saksāwiyya (14th Century), ʿĀʾisha ʿal-ʿIdrīsiya (16th Century) and Fāṭima Muhdūz (19th Century) -- Chapter 4 Moroccan Women Venerators' Reception of Historical Women Saints -- 1 Devoted Women, Shrines and Saint Veneration -- 2 Murshidāt and Waʿiḍāt as Religious Agents -- 3 Murshidāt's and Wāʿiẓāt's Reception of Women Saints -- 4 Murshidāt's and Wāʿiẓāt's Attendees -- Chapter 5 Moroccan Feminist Activists' Reception of Historical Women Saints -- 1 Moroccan Feminism -- 2 Islamist Feminist Associations -- 3 Moroccan Feminist Activists' Reception of Women Saints -- 4 Islamist Feminism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (179 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9004429891 |