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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious institutions & organizations > Religious & spiritual leaders
These five essays investigating questions relative to women
religious becoming ordained deacons first appeared in Global
Sisters Report. Each essay presents themes garnered during years of
research and consultation with women religious around the world,
and addresses questions such as: Why should women religious
consider the diaconate? What are the canonical implications of
ordination? Would ordination assist the ministry of women?
Richard Antoun documents and exemplifies the single most
important institution for the propagation of Islam, the Friday
congregational sermon delivered in the mosque by the Muslim
preacher. In his analysis of various sermons collected in a
Jordanian village and in Amman, the author vividly demonstrates the
scope of the Islamic corpus (beliefs, ritual norms, and ethics),
its flexibility with respect to current social issues and specific
social structures, and its capacity for interpretation and
manipulation.
Focusing on the pivotal role of preacher as "culture broker,"
Antoun compares the process of "the social organization of
tradition" in rural Jordan with similar processes outside the
Muslim world. He then highlights the experiential dimension of
Islam. The sermons discussed range over such topics as family
ethics, political attitudes, pilgrimage, education, magic, work,
compassion, and individual salvation.
Originally published in 1989.
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