Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: Fariba Adelkhah, The Utility and Rationality of Religious Practices among Islamic Women in Iran The study of the motivations which lie behind certain practices relative to women in post-revolutionary Iran indicate the existence of a space-time matrix within which conjunctival factors are determinant The examples of the gift and alms illustrate new interrogations about religious activities and the motivations associated with them. Such study is not intended to question the intensity or legitimacy of religious traditions, but rather to explore areas of liberty which exist within such traditions.
Source: L Homme et la société
Author: Fariba Adelkhah
Language: French
Topic: Islamic Studies and History
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1990552115