Dimensions of locality Muslim saints, their place and space (yearbook of the sociology of Islam No. 8)
As a world religion Islam is based on a highly abstract and absolute notion of the transcendent, which its followers establish and celebrate - in a seemingly contradictory fashion - at very specific sites: Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, and the vast and complex landscapes of mosques and Muslim saints...
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| Formato: | Electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld
transcript Verlag
2008
Bielefeld, Germany : [2008] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Globaler Lokaler Islam
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424111806719 |
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- Frontmatter 1 Table of Contents 5 Introduction 7 Chapter 1. Sufi Regional Cults in South Asia and Indonesia: Towards a Comparative Analysis 25 Chapter 2. (Re)Imagining Space: Dreams and Saint Shrines in Egypt 47 Chapter 3. Remixing Songs, Remaking MULIDS: The Merging Spaces of Dance Music and Saint Festivals in Egypt 67 Chapter 4. Notes on Locality, Connectedness, and Saintliness 89 Chapter 5. Saints (awliya'), Public Places and Modernity in Egypt 103 Chapter 6. Islam on both Sides: Religion and Locality in Western Burkina Faso 125 Chapter 7. The Making of a 'Harari' City in Ethiopia: Constructing and Contesting Saintly Places in Harar 149 Chapter 8. Merchants and Mujahidin: Beliefs about Muslim Saints and the History of Towns in Egypt 169 Abstracts 183 On the Authors and Editors of the Yearbook 189 Backmatter 191
