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Sufis and Saints' Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality, and Sacred Power in Islam - Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks Scott A. Kugle New edition
Sufis and Saints' Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality, and Sacred Power in Islam - Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
Scott A. Kugle
Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body. Examining Sufi conceptions of the body in religious writings from the late fifteenth through the nineteenth century, this title demonstrates that literature from this era often treated saints' physical bodies as sites of sacred power.
360 pages, 9 illustrations, 4 figures, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index
| Medios de comunicación | Libros Paperback Book (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado) |
| Publicado | 5 de marzo de 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807857892 |
| Editores | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Páginas | 368 |
| Dimensiones | 156 × 235 × 23 mm · 517 g |
| Lengua | Inglés |