Reading the self through a hermeneutic of divine immanence: a case study of Shaykha Fariha al-Jerrahi
Research in the field of Sufism and gender attests to the patriarchal and elite male foundations of the tradition. Scholars highlight how patriarchal renderings of Sufism emphasize divine transcendence and frame Sufi training of the self (nafs) through punitive mechanisms. Through a case study of Sh...
Subtitles: | "Special Issue: 'Physiology is Theology': Gendered Bodies in Sufi and Islamic Constructions of the Self" |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox Publishing
2022
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In: |
Body and religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 94-115 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Al-Jerrahi, Fariha 1947-
/ Jerrahi
/ Sufism
/ Gender-specific role
/ Patriarchate
/ Religious pedagogy
/ Immanence
/ Self-knowledge
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam |
Further subjects: | B
nafs
B Islam B Mysticism B Gender B Embodiment B Body B Sufism B Immanence |
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