Shi‘ite Women's Seminaries ( howzeh-ye ‘elmiyyeh-ye khahran ) in Iran
Possibilities and Limitations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9977333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keiko Sakurai (0000-0002-4417-3128, Waseda University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 727-744 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210862.2012.726846 |
| OpenAlex | W2104113350 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
The establishment of Jami‘at al-Zahra, the first official female seminary in post-revolutionary Iran, opened new possibilities for women to enter the male-dominated clerical hierarchy. The rapid growth of female seminaries increased the presence of seminary-educated women in the official religious sphere. However, as opposed to the male seminaries whose dominant role is to train mojtaheds who can issue a competent legal opinion, the primary role of female seminaries is to train educators and propagandists. Drawing on interviews, documents issued by seminaries and secondary sources, this paper concludes that in spite of the rapid growth of female seminaries, very few women reach the rank of a mojtahed, and thus, in no way weaken the male-centric seminary system in contemporary Iran
Hierarchy · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |