30: Preaching without Permission?: Women Preachers in Medieval Islam with Dr. Linda G. Jones

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Linda G. Jones of Pompeu Fabra University about Muslim women as preachers and religious authorities in the medieval Islamic world. Drawing on biographical dictionaries and hagiographic sources, she explains how informal homiletic traditions, especially within Sufism, created space for female leadership beyond official religious institutions. We also discuss working with Arabic manuscripts, the challenges of archival research, teaching medieval history in Spain and the U.S., and why the humanities still matter.

https://www.upf.edu/web/ecerm/linda-gale-jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrARUBVDN_E