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What is the nature and social role of women? In today鈥檚 Shi鈥榠sm, these questions are often answered through the 鈥渟eparate-but- equal鈥 ideology which emphasizes the role of women as wives and mothers, and places men in authority. But is this the only ideology which can be derived from Shi鈥榠 scriptural sources? This book takes a more nuanced approach to that question by exploring how women are portrayed in hadith on ancient sacred narrative 鈥 the stories of the prophets. It shows far more diverse views on what it means to be a woman (and, by extension, a man) 鈥 and that early Shi鈥榠s held competing views about ideals for women. 3
