Sufi Bodies - Religion and Society in Medieval Islam

Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationAbbreviationsChronologyIntroduction and Shaking Hands1 Framing Sufi Ideas and Practices1. Bodies Inside Out2. Befriending God Corporeally3. Saintly Socialites2 Sufi Bodies in Motion4. Bonds of Love5. Engendered Desires6. Miraculous Food7. Corpses in Morticians' HandsEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Shahzad Bashir, Shahzad (Stanford University) Bashir, Bashir Shahzad
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2011
• EAN: 9780231144902
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14490-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mystik, Iran, Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Zentralasien, 1000 bis 1500 nach Christus, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, mysticism, Religion & beliefs, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Islamic groups: Sufis, HISTORY / Islamic, Sufi; Middle Eastern history