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Summary:
An exploration of the study of religious practices as an avenue for interreligious engagement and its implications for practical theology

Panel: Rkia Elaroui, Cornell, University of Arkansas [Research Associate Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Arkansas]; John Berthrong, Boston University [Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs; Assistant Professor of Comparative Theology; Director, Institute for Dialogue Among Religious Traditions]
Respondent: Claire Wolfteich, Boston University
Business Session: Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt University, Presiding
San Antonio Convention Center Salon C • Saturday, 11/20/2004 • 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Sufi Women’s Theology of Servitude and Interreligious Engagement
Rkia E. Cornell
Research Associate Professor of Arabic Studies
University of Arkansas

This paper is about a group of Sufi women that are mentioned in Dhikr an-niswa almuta’abbidat as-sufiyyat (Memorial of Female Sufi Devotees) by the great systematizer of Sufi doctrine, Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman Sulami (d. 1021). Sulami describes these women as practicing a theology of servitude. This theology is depicted as a practical complement to the more theoretical doctrines used by Sufi men..

Category: Practical Theology

Tags: practical theology, religious practices, context, Interreligious, Interreligious Engagement, Sufi, women, servitude