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Friends of God : Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood.
Offering a global overview of Islamic hagiography, this book describes the characters beyond the Qur'an and Hadith. It is suitable for approaching the vast geographical and chronological sweep of Islamic civilization.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: An Overview of Islamic Hagiography; Hagiography in the Prophetic Age; Post-Prophetic Developments; Tales of the Prophets and the Hagiographical Anthology; Hagiography and Its Subjects; Part I. Stages in the Lives of God's Friends; 1. Beginnings Both Humble and Spectacular; 2. Conversion and Asceticism on the Road to Sanctity; 3. Dreams and Visions, Visitors and Voices: God in Touch with His Friends; 4. Miracles and Marvels: God Working through His Friends; 5. Mere Mortals: Friends and the Human Condition.
- Part II. Friends of God in Context6. Friends and Their People: Society and Service to Communities; 7. Founding Friends: Authority, Institutions, and the Economics of Intentional Community; 8. Where God's Friends Walked: Revered Sites and Ritual Settings; 9. Friends in Our World; Part III. Friends in Theory: Understanding the Stories; 10. Literary Dimensions: Genre, Function, and Hermeneutics; 11. Theological Dimensions: Hagiography, Faith, and Con.