Dimensions of Locality : Muslim Saints, their Place and Space (Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam No. 8) /

As a world religion Islam is based on a highly abstract and absolute notion of the transcendent, which its followers establish and celebrate - in a seemingly contradictory fashion - at very specific sites: Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, and the vast and complex landscapes of mosques and Muslim saints...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schielke, Samuli (Editor ), Stauth, Georg (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2008]
Edición:1. Aufl.
Colección:Global, local Islam.
Temas:
Muslim saints.
Andere Religionen.
Heiligenverehrung.
Heiligtum.
Islam.
Saints musulmans.
Muslim saints
Modern Islam
Islamic Shrines
Egypt
Ethiopia
South-East Asia
Burkina Faso
Islam
Space
Islamic Studies
Sociology of Religion
Religious Studies
Sociology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Sufi Regional Cults in South Asia and Indonesia: Towards a Comparative Analysis / Werbner, Pnina
  • Chapter 2. (Re)Imagining Space: Dreams and Saint Shrines in Egypt / Mittermaier, Amira
  • Chapter 3. Remixing Songs, Remaking MULIDS: The Merging Spaces of Dance Music and Saint Festivals in Egypt
  • Chapter 4. Notes on Locality, Connectedness, and Saintliness / Salvatore, Armando
  • Chapter 5. Saints (awliya'), Public Places and Modernity in Egypt / Zayed, Ahmed A.
  • Chapter 6. Islam on both Sides: Religion and Locality in Western Burkina Faso / Werthmann, Katja
  • Chapter 7. The Making of a 'Harari' City in Ethiopia: Constructing and Contesting Saintly Places in Harar / Desplat, Patrick
  • Chapter 8. Merchants and Mujahidin: Beliefs about Muslim Saints and the History of Towns in Egypt / Yousef Mosa, Souzan El Saied
  • Abstracts
  • On the Authors and Editors of the Yearbook
  • Backmatter.

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