ISBN:
9789004209367
,
9789004211469
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 581 p
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2012 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World
Parallel Title:
Print version Women, Leadership, and Mosques : Changes in Contemporary Islamic Authority
DDC:
305.48/697
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
This volume is the first to bring together analysis of contemporary female religious leadership in ideologically-diverse Muslim communities in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America, with chapters discussing the emergence, consolidation, and impact of female Islamic authority
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Author Biographies; Introduction: Islamic Authority and the Study of Female Religious Leaders; Section I Space for Female Authority: Male Invitation, State Intervention, and Female Initiative; Introduction to Section I; Chapter 1.1 Sources of Authority: Female Ahong and Qingzhen Nüsi (Women's Mosques) in China; Chapter 1.2 Women Mosque Preachers and Spiritual Guides: Publicizing and Negotiating Women's Religious Authority in Morocco; Chapter 1.3 Reshaping Religious Authority in Contemporary Turkey: State-Sponsored Female Preachers
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 1.4 From Qur'ānic Circles to the Internet: Gender Segregation and the Rise of Female Preachers in Saudi ArabiaChapter 1.5 The Life of Two Mujtahidahs: Female Religious Authority in Twentieth-Century Iran; Chapter 1.6 The Qubaysīyyāt: The Growth of an International Muslim Women's Revivalist Movement from Syria (1960-2008); Section II Establishing Female Authority: Limitations, Spaces, and Strategies for Teaching and Preaching; Introduction to Section II; Chapter 2.1 Leading by Example? Women Madrasah Teachers in Rural North India
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 2.2 Thinking for Oneself? Forms and Elements of Religious Authority in Dutch Muslim Women's GroupsChapter 2.3 Celebrating Miss Muslim Pageants and Opposing Rock Concerts: Contrasting the Religious Authority and Leadership of Two Muslim Women in Kazan; Chapter 2.4 Textual and Ritual Command: Muslim Women as Keepers and Transmitters of Interpretive Domains in Contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina; Chapter 2.5 "She is always present": Female Leadership and Informal Authority in a Swiss Muslim Women's Association
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 2.6 Muslimahs' Impact on and Acquisition of Islamic Religious Authority in FlandersChapter 2.7 Women, Leadership, and Participation in Mosques and Beyond: Notes from Stuttgart, Germany; Chapter 2.8 Remembering Fātịmah: New Means of Legitimizing Female Authority in Contemporary Shī'ī Discourse; Section III The Impact of Authority on Muslim Women, Muslim Societies, and Conceptions of Islamic Authority; Introduction to Section III; Chapter 3.1 Challenging from Within: Youth Associations and Female Leadership in Swedish Mosques
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 3.2 Gender Strategy and Authority in Islamic Discourses: Female Preachers in Contemporary EgyptChapter 3.3 Translating Text to Context: Muslim Women Activists in Indonesia; Chapter 3.4 Making Islam Relevant: Female Authority and Representation of Islam in Germany; Chapter 3.5 Activism as Embodied Tafsīr: Negotiating Women's Authority, Leadership, and Space in North America; Chapter 3.6 Women's Rights to Mosque Space: Access and Participation in Cape Town Mosques; Conclusion: Female Leadership in Mosques: An Evolving Narrative; Glossary; Index;
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : Islamic authority and the study of female religious leaders / Hilary Kalmbach -- Sources of authority : female Ahong and Qingzhen Nusi (women's mosques) in China / Maria Jaschok -- Women mosque preachers and spiritual guides : publicizing and negotiating women's religious authority in Morocco / Margaret J. Rausch -- Reshaping religious authority in contemporary Turkey : state-sponsored female preachers / Mona Hassan -- From quranic circles to the internet : gender segregation and the rise of female preachers in Saudi Arabia / Amelie Le Renard -- The life of two mujtahidahs : female religious authority in twentieth-century Iran / Mirjam Kunkler and Roja Fazaeli -- The Qubaysiyyat : the growth of an international muslim women's revivalist movement from Syria (1960-2008) / Sarah Islam -- Leading by example-women madrasah teachers in rural North India / Patricia Jeffery, Roger Jeffery, and Craig Jeffrey -- Thinking for oneself? forms and elements of religious authority in Dutch muslim women's groups / Nathal M. Dessing -- Celebrating miss muslim pageants and opposing rock concerts : contrasting the religious authority and leadership of two muslim women in Kazan / N. R. Micinski -- Textual and ritual command : muslim women as keepers and transmitters of interpretive domains in contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina / Catharina Raudvere -- "She is always present" : female leadership and informal authority in a Swiss muslim women's association / Petra Bleisch Bouzar -- Muslimahs' impact on and acquisition of islamic religious authority in Flanders / Els Vanderwaeren -- Women, leadership, and participation in mosques and beyond : notes from Stuttgart, Germany / Petra Kuppinger -- Remembering Fatimah : new means of legitimizing female authority in contemporary Shifi discourse / Matthew Pierce -- Challenging from within : youth associations and female leadership in Swedish mosques / Pia Karlsson Minganti -- Gender strategy and authority in islamic discourses : female preachers in contemporary Egypt / Hiroko Minesaki -- Translating text to context : muslim women activists in Indonesia / Pieternella Van Doorn-Harder -- Making islam relevant : female authority and representation of Islam in Germany / Riem Spielhaus -- Activism as embodied Tafsir : negotiating women's authority, leadership, and space in north america / Juliane Hammer -- Women's rights to mosque space : access and participation in cape town mosques / Uta Christina Lehmann -- Female leadership ...
Description / Table of Contents:
youth associations and female leadership in Swedish mosques / Pia Karlsson Minganti -- Gender strategy and authority in islamic discourses : female preachers in contemporary Egypt / Hiroko Minesaki -- Translating text to context : muslim women activists in Indonesia / Pieternella Van Doorn-Harder -- Making islam relevant : female authority and representation of Islam in Germany / Riem Spielhaus -- Activism as embodied Tafsir : negotiating women's authority, leadership, and space in north america / Juliane Hammer -- Women's rights to mosque space : access and participation in cape town mosques / Uta Christina Lehmann -- Female leadership in mosques : an evolving narrative / Masooda Bano
Description / Table of Contents:
Islamic authority and the study of female religious leaders / Hilary Kalmbach -- Sources of authority : female Ahong and Qingzhen Nusi (women's mosques) in China / Maria Jaschok -- Women mosque preachers and spiritual guides : publicizing and negotiating women's religious authority in Morocco / Margaret J. Rausch -- Reshaping religious authority in contemporary Turkey : state-sponsored female preachers / Mona Hassan -- From quranic circles to the internet : gender segregation and the rise of female preachers in Saudi Arabia / Amelie Le Renard -- The life of two mujtahidahs : female religious authority in twentieth-century Iran / Mirjam Kunkler and Roja Fazaeli -- The Qubaysiyyat : the growth of an international muslim women's revivalist movement from Syria (1960-2008) / Sarah Islam -- Leading by example-women madrasah teachers in rural North India / Patricia Jeffery, Roger Jeffery, and Craig Jeffrey --^
Description / Table of Contents:
contrasting the religious authority and leadership of two muslim women in Kazan / N. R. Micinski -- Textual and ritual command : muslim women as keepers and transmitters of interpretive domains in contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina / Catharina Raudvere -- "She is always present" : female leadership and informal authority in a Swiss muslim women's association / Petra Bleisch Bouzar -- Muslimahs' impact on and acquisition of islamic religious authority in Flanders / Els Vanderwaeren -- Women, leadership, and participation in mosques and beyond : notes from Stuttgart, Germany / Petra Kuppinger -- Remembering Fatimah : new means of legitimizing female authority in contemporary Shifi discourse / Matthew Pierce --^
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