Birth of a Celestial Light : a Feminist Evaluation of an Iranian Spiritual Movement Inter-universal Mysticism.
It is interesting that women who campaign for women's rights and interests in Iran have not considered engaging with women who are neither conventional Muslims nor strongly secular, but instead explore other aspects of religion and spirituality. The women examined in this study identify themsel...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2015
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | It is interesting that women who campaign for women's rights and interests in Iran have not considered engaging with women who are neither conventional Muslims nor strongly secular, but instead explore other aspects of religion and spirituality. The women examined in this study identify themselves as believers in God, but have different views of religion; some wish to be called religious but do not follow the official Islamic Shia and have their own interpretation of what it means to be a good Muslim, while some think of spirituality as their religion and refer to themselves as ""spiritual"" |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1322608202 9781322608204 9781443874069 144387406X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
