Clergy Women: An Uphill Calling

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 436
Author(s):  
Patricia Wittberg ◽  
Barbara Brown Zikmund ◽  
Adair T. Lummis ◽  
Patricia Mei Yin Chang
Keyword(s):  
1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
E. Lynn Harris ◽  
Martha Long Ice
Keyword(s):  
New Age ◽  

CrossCurrents ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Eileen R. Campbell‐Reed
Keyword(s):  

1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (09) ◽  
pp. 36-5046-36-5046
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2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-138
Author(s):  
Aisha Geissinger

Does the Qur'an permit the oppression of women? Can women pursue equality and remain within the framework of its teachings? In this original and thought-provoking work, Barias attempts to address these controversial questions.  In the preface, Barias asks whether the Qur'an is a patriarchal text, and acknowledges that while this question might not be meaningful from the perspective of the Qur'anic text itself, Muslim women today are confronted with frankly patriarchal exegeses. In order to open up a discursive space for her reading, Barias asserts that various readings of the Qur'an should not be confused with the text itself, and that since Islam has no clergy, women can reclaim the right to interpret the Qur'an. Contrary to both conservative and progressive Muslims, she argues that the Qur'an challenges inequality and oppression ...


1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 692
Author(s):  
Katherine Meyer ◽  
Barbara Brown Zikmund ◽  
Adair T. Lummis ◽  
Patricia Mei Yin Chang
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1988 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 772
Author(s):  
Edward C. Lehman ◽  
Martha Long Ice
Keyword(s):  
New Age ◽  

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Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Catherine A. Faver ◽  
Martha Long Ice
Keyword(s):  
New Age ◽  

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