Muhammad''s Grave - Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society

A study of the role of death rites in the making of Islamic society. This book describes how Muslims wailed for the deceased, prepared corpses for burial, marched in funerary processions, and prayed for the dead, highlighting the specific economic and political factors involved in these rituals as well as key religious and sexual divisions.

Product details

• Authors: Leor Halevi, Halevi Leor
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2007
• EAN: 9780231137423
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13742-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, Religion & beliefs, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Sociology: death and dying