03589cam a2200553Mi 4500 ocn994987260 OCoLC 20200709060512.0 m d cr |n||||||a|| 161003s2016 orua ob 001 0 eng d COO eng COO OCLCO N$T CCO 9781498237192 (electronic bk.) 1498237193 (electronic bk.) 9781498237208 9781498237185 1498237185 1359753 (N$T) (OCoLC)994987260 BP188.18.W65 D35 2016eb REL 037000 bisacsh 297.082 23 MAIN Dale, Moyra. Shifting allegiances [electronic resource] : networks of kinship and of faith : the women's program in a Syrian mosque / Moyra Dale ; foreword by Peter G. Riddell. Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, ©2016 . 1 online resource (xxv, 245 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Australian College of Theology monograph series Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245). Women and text in Islam -- Research in context -- Setting the scene : women's mosque program -- Alternate community -- Ideal leader -- Performative practices -- Texts, practices, and meanings -- Dhikr. "What happens when Muslim women gather together at the mosque to read the Qur'an, learn, and pray? How does family loyalty interact with mosque attendance for women? This book explores the growing Muslim women's piety movement through looking at one women's program in a Syrian suburban mosque. Community models shape individual behavior. The place and power of blessing help define the boundaries between orthodox and popular Islam. Modesty and shame, feasts and fasting, purity and prayer, interact to shape daily life possibilities for women involved in the mosque program. At the same time, the growing accessibility of religious teaching for women allows them to take up new places of authority in the Muslim ummah. Women read the Qur'an not just for blessing, but for what it has to say to issues of daily female and family life. And the words of communal dhikr devotion offer a window into the worshippers' consciousness of God and of Muhammad, Prophet of Islam. This detailed examination of a women's mosque program places it within the wider contemporary movement of piety and da'wa (mission) in Islam, offering an insight into the forces that are shaping communities and countries today."-- Provided by publisher. Print version record. Added to collection customer.56279.3 - Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Muslim women Religious life Syria. Families Religious aspects Islam. Families Religious aspects Islam. fast (OCoLC)fst01728928 Muslim women Religious life. fast (OCoLC)fst01031012 Syria. fast (OCoLC)fst01208757 RELIGION / Islam / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: 1498237207 9781498237208 9781498237185 1498237185 (OCoLC)951713189 Australian College of Theology monograph series. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1359753 EBSCOhost EBSC 1359753 92 N$T 57044 57044