Keywords
Gender
Tabligh
"Docile Agent"
Politics
Faith
Embodiment
among
Tablīghī Jamā’ah
Tabligh
"Docile Agent"
Politics
Faith
Embodiment
among
Tablīghī Jamā’ah
How to Cite
Horstmann, A. (2009). Gender, Tabligh, and the "Docile Agent": The Politics of Faith and Embodiment among the Tablīghī Jamā’ah. Studia Islamika, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.15408/sdi.v16i1.491
Abstract
In this article, I hope to explore some aspects of the complexity of the subject. Engagement in the Tablighi movement is neither a mere act of emancipation nor the complete subordination of women's agency to the rule of men.1 I suggest that the answer to the attraction of the movement to women lies between these two lines. I propose that the women who choose to ally themselves with the movement are prepared to submit themselves to the rules of the gender ideology in return for the extended agency that women receive as active members of the movement's ideology and activities.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v16i1.491Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
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