Piety and Patienthood in Medieval Islam

Informationen zum Autor Ahmed Ragab is Richard T. Watson Associate Professor of Science and Religion, Affiliate Associate Professor at the Department of the History of Science, and Director of the Science, Religion and Culture program at Harvard University, USA. He is a physician, a historian of science and medicine, and a scholar of science and religion. Klappentext This book investigates the early and foundational writings on prophetic medicine and related pietistic writings on health and disease produced during the Islamic Classical Age. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the early and foundational writings on prophetic medicine and related pietistic writings on health and disease produced during the Islamic Classical Age. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 "A Beau Ideal for whosoever hopes for God" 2 From Medical Prophetics to Prophetic Medicine 3 Piety and Illness 4 Spiritual Medicine 5 The Pious Physician Coda

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• Autori: Ahmed Ragab, Ahmed (Harvard Divinity School Ragab, Ragab Ahmed
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780815361282
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6128-2
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Religion; Routledge Studies in Religion
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo; Islam, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Islam / History, RELIGION / Religion & Science, History of Medicine, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Religion and science, Religion & science, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval