UID:
almahu_9949597432302882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
ISBN:
9781474476768
Series Statement:
Edinburgh scholarship online
Content:
Islamic religious authority is conventionally understood to be an exclusively male purview. Yet when dissected into its various manifestations - leading prayer, preaching, issuing fatwas, transmitting hadith, judging in court, teaching law, theology, and other Islamic sciences and generally shaping the Islamic scholarly tradition - nuances emerge that hint at the presence of women in the performance of some of these functions. This collection of case studies, covering the period from classical Islam to the present, and taken from across the Shi'i Islamic world, reflects on the roles that women have played in exercising religious authority across time and space.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9781474426602
Language:
English
URL:
Edinburgh scholarship online
