Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East

This volume examines the popular culture of religious storytelling in the medieval Islamic Near East.

About the author

Jonathan P. Berkey

Summary

Islamic popular preachers and storytellers had enormous influence in defining common religious knowledge and faith in the medieval Near East.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Porter Berkey, Jonathan P. Berkey, Jonathan P Berkey
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.06.2001
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780295981260
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98126-0
• Pages: 155
• Dimensions (packing): 16 x 23.7 x 1.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 417 g
• Series: Publications on the Near East; Publications on the Near East
• Subjects: Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Medieval, Religion - World Religions, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, RELIGION / Islam / History