Horizons and limitations of feminist muslim hermeneutics : reflections on the menstruation verse.

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Horizons and limitations of feminist muslim hermeneutics : reflections on the menstruation verse. / Naguib, Shuruq.
New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Contestations and Transcendence Incarnate. ed. / Pamela Sue Anderson. Dordrecht: Springer Press, 2010. p. 33-49 (Feminist philosophy collection).

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Naguib, S 2010, Horizons and limitations of feminist muslim hermeneutics : reflections on the menstruation verse. in PS Anderson (ed.), New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Contestations and Transcendence Incarnate. Feminist philosophy collection, Springer Press, Dordrecht, pp. 33-49.

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Naguib, S. (2010). Horizons and limitations of feminist muslim hermeneutics : reflections on the menstruation verse. In P. S. Anderson (Ed.), New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Contestations and Transcendence Incarnate (pp. 33-49). (Feminist philosophy collection). Springer Press.

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Naguib S. Horizons and limitations of feminist muslim hermeneutics : reflections on the menstruation verse. In Anderson PS, editor, New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Contestations and Transcendence Incarnate. Dordrecht: Springer Press. 2010. p. 33-49. (Feminist philosophy collection).

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Naguib, Shuruq. / Horizons and limitations of feminist muslim hermeneutics : reflections on the menstruation verse. New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Contestations and Transcendence Incarnate. editor / Pamela Sue Anderson. Dordrecht : Springer Press, 2010. pp. 33-49 (Feminist philosophy collection).

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