Corps d’adeptes, paroles de Dieu et visions de Saints. Pratiques rituelles masculines et féminines dans deux sanctuaires de Tunis

This article examines contemporary rituals practices by men and women in two sanctuaries of Tunis dedicated to Sayyida Manûbiyya, a woman saint of the 13th century. This ambivalent saint draws her religious legitimacy from two sources, scholarly sufism on one hand, through her affiliation to the Shâ...

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Main Author: Katia Boissevain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2006-11-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/2976
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description This article examines contemporary rituals practices by men and women in two sanctuaries of Tunis dedicated to Sayyida Manûbiyya, a woman saint of the 13th century. This ambivalent saint draws her religious legitimacy from two sources, scholarly sufism on one hand, through her affiliation to the Shâdhiliyya ṭarîqa, and a more popular side of sufism on the other. Both of these open up to different religious rituals, ḥaḍra for women, with possession dances, and dhikr sessions for men, followers of the Shâdhiliyya.However, one cannot conclude that relations between the body and the sacred are gender specific, with the feminine being more body oriented, while the masculine would be more intellectual. Both ceremonies engage the body fully in a dialogue with the sacred, while they find their ligitimacy in distinct sources, the Shâdhiliyya brotherhood for the dhikr, and the miraculous dimension of Khiḍr for the ḥaḍra.
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spelling doaj-art-d503b344810b47f2b6a818918dfebf8e2025-08-20T03:44:33ZengUniversité de ProvenceRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée0997-13272105-22712006-11-0111317919310.4000/remmm.2976Corps d’adeptes, paroles de Dieu et visions de Saints. Pratiques rituelles masculines et féminines dans deux sanctuaires de TunisKatia BoissevainThis article examines contemporary rituals practices by men and women in two sanctuaries of Tunis dedicated to Sayyida Manûbiyya, a woman saint of the 13th century. This ambivalent saint draws her religious legitimacy from two sources, scholarly sufism on one hand, through her affiliation to the Shâdhiliyya ṭarîqa, and a more popular side of sufism on the other. Both of these open up to different religious rituals, ḥaḍra for women, with possession dances, and dhikr sessions for men, followers of the Shâdhiliyya.However, one cannot conclude that relations between the body and the sacred are gender specific, with the feminine being more body oriented, while the masculine would be more intellectual. Both ceremonies engage the body fully in a dialogue with the sacred, while they find their ligitimacy in distinct sources, the Shâdhiliyya brotherhood for the dhikr, and the miraculous dimension of Khiḍr for the ḥaḍra.https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/2976
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Corps d’adeptes, paroles de Dieu et visions de Saints. Pratiques rituelles masculines et féminines dans deux sanctuaires de Tunis
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
title Corps d’adeptes, paroles de Dieu et visions de Saints. Pratiques rituelles masculines et féminines dans deux sanctuaires de Tunis
title_full Corps d’adeptes, paroles de Dieu et visions de Saints. Pratiques rituelles masculines et féminines dans deux sanctuaires de Tunis
title_fullStr Corps d’adeptes, paroles de Dieu et visions de Saints. Pratiques rituelles masculines et féminines dans deux sanctuaires de Tunis
title_full_unstemmed Corps d’adeptes, paroles de Dieu et visions de Saints. Pratiques rituelles masculines et féminines dans deux sanctuaires de Tunis
title_short Corps d’adeptes, paroles de Dieu et visions de Saints. Pratiques rituelles masculines et féminines dans deux sanctuaires de Tunis
title_sort corps d adeptes paroles de dieu et visions de saints pratiques rituelles masculines et feminines dans deux sanctuaires de tunis
url https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/2976
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