Sufis & saints' bodies : mysticism, corporeality, & sacred power in Islam /

Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body. The author of this book 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 fifteent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kugle, Scott Alan, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007.
Colección:Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
Temas:
Human body > Religious aspects > Islam.
Human body (Philosophy)
Sufism > Doctrines.
Mysticism > Islam.
Corps humain > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Corps humain (Philosophie)
Soufisme > Doctrines.
Mysticisme > Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > Sufi.
Sufismus > Leib.
Leib > Sufismus.
Körper > Sufismus.
Heiligenverehrung > Islam > Politische Macht.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Body enshrined: the bones of Mawlay Idrīs
  • Body politicized: the belly of sayyida Āmina
  • Body refined: the eyes of Muḥammad Ghawth
  • Body enraptured: the lips of Shāh Ḥussayn
  • Body revived: the heart of Ḥājji Imdādullah
  • Conclusion: corporeality and sacred power in Islam.

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