Getting God's Ear: Women, Islam, and Healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf

1. Women and Religious Learning: Piety and a Matter of Propriety2. Prayer, the Mosque, and the Ways Women Worship3. The Healing Power of Words: Ink, Spit, and Holy Speech4. Engaging Spirits: Prophylaxis, Witchcraft, Exorcisms, Trial by Ordeal, and Zar5. When Words Fail: Surgeries, Smells, and Salt Packing, Community, Gender, and the Spiritual Experience: Some Conclusions