Category: Issue 91

Archives 91 – Summer Issue

91Editor'sNoteLatestEDITORS’ 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

 

 

 

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DISCOURSE

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THE LIMIT OF REASON AND THE PRACTICE OF SUFISM
by Alireza Nurbakhsh

ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

91StJohnLatestWHY NOT TAKE ALL OF ME
St. John of the Cross’s Noche oscura and a Trace of Love
by Mary Gossy

Tse Chok Ling

HIMALAYAN BUDDHIST NUNS AND GENDER EQUALITY
by Dominique Butet with Photographs by Olivier Adam

91RabiaLatest RABI’A AL-ADAWIYYA AL-QAYSIYYA
Deconstructing a Legend
by Safoura Nourbakhsh

91TastingMannaLatestTASTING MANNA
by Mary Lane Potter

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ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

91PaulWeberLatestPAUL WEBER: A TRIBUTE
by Dani Kopoulos

INTERVIEWS

91FlindersLatestOUR SPIRITUAL GENEOLOGY
A Conversation with Carol Lee Flinders
interviewed by Mary Gossy and Safoura Nourbakhsh
2008.114.3: It's Good for Your Heart (mixed media), by Jane AshSHOWING LOVE IN OUR ACTIONS
Interview with Alex Wilson
interviewed by Safoura Nourbakhsh

CULTUREWATCH
FILM REVIEW

91CWFilmLatestUNTIMELY 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

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POETRY

91ThresholdPoemLatestTHE TAVERN’S THRESHOLD
by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

GENDER
by Joy Ladin

ANIMA MUNDI
by Priya Huffman

FEATURED POET
Joy Ladin

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FEATURED ARTIST
Olivier Adam

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Editors’ Note

91Editors'NoteLatestPostIssue 91, Summer 2016, GENDER.

Gender is a term that is still up for discussion. So is feminism. One thing that is sure,

Why Not Take All Of Me?

91St.JohnLatestPostSt. John of the Cross’s Noche oscura and a Trace of Love
by Mary Gossy—

 

St. John of the Cross
Dark Night
Noche oscura

Oh, night that guided me,
Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,
Oh, night that joined
Beloved with Beloved,

Our Spiritual Genealogy

91FlindersLatestAuthorpostA Conversation with Carol Lee Flinders interviewed by Mary Gossy and Safoura Nourbakhsh—

Carol Lee Flinders is the author or co-author of at least twelve books, beginning with the iconic Laurel’s Kitchen

Showing Love in Our Actions

91WilsonLatestWilsonPostInterview with Alex Wilson
interviewed by Safoura Nourbakhsh—

For most people it is difficult to conceive of gender and sexuality as social constructions