Sufi bodies: religion and society in medieval Islam

Name: Sufi bodies: religion and society in medieval Islam
Author: Shahzad Bashir

Author

Shahzad Bashir

Publisher

Columbia University Press

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Title and Author

Sufi bodies: religion and society in medieval Islam / Shahzad Bashir

Publication Details

نیویورک : Columbia University Press، 2011م

Physical Description

xvi, 274 p.: ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject

Sufism
Sufism Doctrines

Language

انگلیسی

Notes

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]712[-262( and index.

Contents

Framing Sufi ideas and practices -- Bodies inside out -- Befriending God corporeally -- Saintly socialities -- Sufi bodies in motion -- Bonds of love -- Engendered desires -- Miraculous food -- Corpses in morticians' hands

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