Female Religious Authority in Shi''i Islam - Past and Present

Reflects on women participating in Islamic scholarly traditions from the classical period to the present

About the author

Mirjam Kuenkler is Senior Research Fellow at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. Her books include Indonesia, Islam and Democracy (Columbia University Press, 2013), A Secular Age Beyond the West (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and > (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021). Devin Stewart is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has published numerous journal articles, including in Islamic Law and Society, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies and Journal of Qur'anic Studies.

Summary

Reflects on women participating in Islamic scholarly traditions from the classical period to the present

Product details

• Authors: Mirjam (Research Professor Kuenkler, Mirjam Stewart Kunkler, Kunkler Mirjam
• Assisted by: Mirjam Kuenkler (Editor), Mirjam Kunkler (Editor), Devin Stewart (Editor), Devin J Stewart (Editor)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781474426619
• ISBN: 978-1-4744-2661-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories