TY - GEN T1 - Female religious authority in Shiʻi Islam : past and present A2 - Künkler, Mirjam, 1977- A2 - Stewart, Devin J. LA - English PP - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press YR - 2021 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1247204090 AB - "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. Comparative reflection on the case studies allows for the formulation of hypotheses regarding the conditions and developments--whether theological, jurisprudential, social, economic, or political--that enhanced or stifled the flourishing of female religious authority in Shi'i Islam."-- OP - 399 CN - BP173.4 SN - 9781474426626 SN - 147442662X SN - 9781474426633 SN - 1474426638 SN - 9781474476768 SN - 1474476767 SN - 9781474426602 SN - 1474426603 KW - Shiite women : Case studies. KW - Women in Islam : Case studies. KW - Authority : Religious aspects : Islam : Case studies. KW - Shiite women. KW - Women in Islam. KW - Authority : Religious aspects : Islam. KW - Femmes chiites. KW - Femmes dans l'islam. KW - Autorité : Aspect religieux : Islam. KW - Femmes chiites : Études de cas. KW - Femmes dans l'islam : Études de cas. KW - Autorité : Aspect religieux : Islam : Études de cas. KW - HISTORY / Middle East / General KW - Authority : Religious aspects : Islam KW - Shiite women KW - Women in Islam KW - Electronic books. KW - Case studies KW - Case studies. KW - Études de cas. ER -