Prayer in the City : the Making of Muslim Sacred Places and Urban Life /

This volume envisions social practices surrounding mosques, shrines and public spaces in urban contexts as a window on the diverse ways in which Muslims in different regional and historical settings imagine, experience, and inhabit places and spaces as "sacred". Unlike most studies on Musl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Desplat, Patrick A. (Editor ), Schulz, Dorothea E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2012]
Colección:Globaler lokaler Islam
Temas:
Islamic shrines.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Muslims > Rites and ceremonies.
Sacred space.
Islam > Customs and practices.
Sanctuaires musulmans.
Islam > Coutumes et pratiques.
Lieux sacrés.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Islamic shrines
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Muslims > Rites and ceremonies
Sacred space
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Protecting and Selling the Mosque / Hawkins, Simon
  • Ahmad al-Tijani and his Neighbors / Berriane, Johara
  • Zawiya, Zikr and the Authority of Shaykh 'Al-Pepsi' / Willemse, Karin
  • A Complete Life / Schielke, Samuli
  • The Case of the Jaipur Jami Mosque / Asher, Catherine B.
  • Arenas of Contest? / Zöller, Katharina
  • Competing Spaces, Contested Places / Thielmann, Jörn
  • Confronting the Legacy of Antiquity / Stauth, Georg
  • Building Community / Ross, Eric
  • A Fractured Soundscape of the Divine / Schulz, Dorothea E.
  • A Shrine Gone Urban / Strothmann, Linus
  • Sufi Spaces in Urban Bangladesh / Samuel, Geoffrey ; Rozario, Santi
  • Contributors.

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