Getting God's Ear
Edition: second edition edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: January 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780231116671
Subjects: Islam; Islamic studies; Women's studies; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Arabian peninsula; Islam - General; Middle East - Saudi Arabia; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / General; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; 20th century; History; Religious life; Saudi Arabia; Social conditions; Women; Women healers
First sentence: One of the means missionaries used to spread the Gospel was to circulate Bible literature in Arabic, and so they were particularly sensitive to the ability of women candidates for proselytism to read.