Female religious authority in Muslim societies: the case of the Dāʿiyāt in Jeddah
<p>The purpose of this dissertation was to explore how uninstitutionalised female preachers, or <em>dāʿiyāt</em>, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia construct authority in a context in which male ulama dominate the production of religious knowledge and represent the apex of the religious and...
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2012
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