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Sufis and Saints' Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality, and Sacred Power in Islam (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)
Scott A. Kugle
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paperback. Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body. Examining Sufi conceptions of the body in religious writings from the late fifteenth through the nineteenth century, this title demonstrates that literature from this era often treated saints' physical bodies as sites of sacred power. Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 illustrations, 4 figures, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLB; HRLK2; JFSR2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body. Scott Kugle refutes this assertion in the first full study of Islamic mysticism as it relates to the human body. Examining Sufi conceptions of the body in religious writings from the late fifteenth through the nineteenth century, Kugle demonstrates that literature from this era often treated saints' physical bodies as sites of sacred power. ""Sufis and Saints' Bodies"" focuses on six important saints from Sufi communities in North Africa and South Asia. Kugle singles out a specific part of the body to which each saint is ... Read more
Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body. Scott Kugle refutes this assertion in the first full study of Islamic mysticism as it relates to the human body. Examining Sufi conceptions of the body in religious writings from the late fifteenth through the nineteenth century, Kugle demonstrates that literature from this era often treated saints' physical bodies as sites of sacred power. ""Sufis and Saints' Bodies"" focuses on six important saints from Sufi communities in North Africa and South Asia. Kugle singles out a specific part of the body to which each saint is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University North Carolina Pr
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807857892
SKU
KSK0000550
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About Scott A. Kugle
Fatemeh Keshavarz, an Iranian American, is professor of Persian and comparative literature and chair of the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis. She is author of four previous books, including Reading Mystical Lyric: The Case of Jalal Al-Din Rumi and a volume of poetry.
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