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Sufis and Saints' Bodies : Mysticism, Corporeality, and 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
Autor principal: Kugle, Scott Alan, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 fifteenth through the nineteenth century, he demonstrates that literature from this era often treated saints' physical bodies as sites of sacred power. The book focuses on six important saints from Sufi communities in North Africa and South Asia.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (368 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9781469602684