Women generating, reproducing and disseminating texts in a Deobandi madrasa in South Africa

Religion moves into the realm of rational moment when specific and specified texts are generated, reproduced disseminated according to Weber. As such, capacity generate, reproduce disseminate concepts from is shown be consequential. In Weber’s work, presence women not overt. Scholarship has explored how positioned in religious texts, but comparatively little scholarship engaged with they texts. This article interrogates position relation a textual generation, reproduction dissemination within an Islamic tradition. Ethnographic data Deobandi-aligned education institution or madrasa was drawn on. Data were analysed regard used learning this regard. Contribution: Findings illustrated that key disseminators particular forms (religious) there opportunities for generate their own meaning The enhanced able maintain, extend expand theologies. way, it demonstrated might empowered do so.