What is at stake is not to understand the meaning of the expression “the religion of the old women of Nishapur.” Instead, the task is to listen to the transformations that engaging…
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The religion of the old women of Nishapur
Belief and (mal)practice: Dueling images of old women’s religiosity
June 8, 2022
That the “religion of old women” is often cited positively in discussions of disembodied faith, while marginalized in analyses of bodily ritual, reflects a bifurcation of ideological “belief” and corporeal “practice”—and the…
June 8, 2022
The religion of the old women of Nishapur
Old women: Transcendence of gender hierarchy, visibility, and authority
June 1, 2022
Without reflecting on the intersection of aging and gender, we cannot advance our conceptualization of the construction of gender relations within Muslim discourse.
June 1, 2022
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May 26, 2022
The religion of the old women of Nishapur
Inborn faith or knowledge: Mothers and the old women of Nishapur
May 25, 2022
It is unclear what the content of the faith of the old women/the mother is. This faith does not seem to exist on its own. It is not a normative or prescribed…
May 25, 2022
Out there: Perspectives on the study of Black metaphysical religion
The possibilities of a Black religious multiverse
May 20, 2022
Deciphering and traveling the multiverse with Black religious people invites observers to retheorize Blackness beyond culture, color, and history—allowing the multiverse to appear as a cosmos that stretches the bounds of the…
May 20, 2022
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