Sufis and Saints' Bodies Mysticism, Corporeality, and Sacred Power in Islam |
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| Author:
| Kugle, Scott |
| Series title: | Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-5789-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $99.00AUD $68.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.