Scholars of Faith: South Asian Muslim Women and the Embodiment of Religious Knowledge

by Usha Sanyal

Since the late twentieth century, new institutions of Islamic learning for South Asian women and girls have emerged rapidly, particularly in urban areas and in the diaspora. This book reflects upon the increased access of Muslim girls and women to religious education and the purposes to which they seek to put their learning.

Scholars of Faith is based on ethnographic fieldwork in two institutions of religious learning: the Jami'a Nur madrasa...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190120800
• ISBN13: 9780190120801
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 409 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.7"