EDITORS’ NOTE
Gender is a term that is still up for discussion. So is feminism. One thing that is sure, though, is that both terms are important, not just to women, but also to men and to all kinds of people and the roles in which they express, or cannot yet express, themselves. READ MORE
DISCOURSE
THE LIMIT OF REASON AND THE PRACTICE OF SUFISM
by Alireza Nurbakhsh
ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
WHY NOT TAKE ALL OF ME
St. John of the Cross’s Noche oscura and a Trace of Love
by Mary Gossy
HIMALAYAN BUDDHIST NUNS AND GENDER EQUALITY
by Dominique Butet with Photographs by Olivier Adam
RABI’A AL-ADAWIYYA AL-QAYSIYYA
Deconstructing a Legend
by Safoura Nourbakhsh
TASTING MANNA
by Mary Lane Potter
ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
PAUL WEBER: A TRIBUTE
by Dani Kopoulos
INTERVIEWS
OUR SPIRITUAL GENEOLOGY
A Conversation with Carol Lee Flinders
interviewed by Mary Gossy and Safoura Nourbakhsh
SHOWING LOVE IN OUR ACTIONS
Interview with Alex Wilson
interviewed by Safoura Nourbakhsh
CULTUREWATCH
FILM REVIEW
UNTIMELY WITNESSING
von Trier’s Breaking the Waves, Still
film review by Maria Dasios
CULTUREWATCH
BOOK REVIEWS
In Amma’s Healing Room—Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India
reviewed by Jairan Gahan
In Search of Buddha’s Daughters—A Modern Journey Down Ancient Roads
reviewed by Jairan Gahan
POETRY
THE TAVERN’S THRESHOLD
by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
GENDER
by Joy Ladin
ANIMA MUNDI
by Priya Huffman
FEATURED POET
Joy Ladin
FEATURED ARTIST
Olivier Adam