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A History Of The Jews Of Arabia - From Ancient Times To Their Eclipse Under Islam

by Gordon Darnell Newby

33,11€ + 10% CARD

 The Jewish communities of Arabia had a great influence on the attitudes that Muslims hold toward Jews. Through techniques borrowed from anthropology, literary criticism, sociology, and comparative religion, this title reconstructs the understanding of Jewish life in Arabia before and during the time of Muhammad.
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Sufi Heirs Of The Prophet - The Indian Naqshbandiyya And The Rise Of The Mediating Sufi Shaykh

by Arthur F. Buehler

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 An examination of the sources and evolution of personal authority in one Islamic societySufi Heirs of the Prophet explores the multifaceted development of personal authority in Islamic societies by tracing the transformation of one mystical sufi lineage in colonial India, the Naqshbandiyya. Arthur F. Buehler isolates four sources of personal authority evident in the practices of the Naqshbandiyyalineage, spiritual traveling, status as a Prophetic exemplar, and the transmission of religious knowledgeto demonstrate how Muslim religious leaders have exercised charismatic leadership through their association with the most compelling of personal Islamic symbols, the Prophet Muhammad. Buehler clarifies the institutional structure of sufism, analyzes overlapping configurations of personal sufi authority, and details how and why revivalist Indian Naqshbandis abandoned spiritual practices that had sustained their predecessors for more than five centuries. He looks specifically at the role of Jama'at 'Ali Shah (d. 1951) to explain current Naqshbandi practices.
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Sonic Theology - Hinduism And Sacred Sound

by Guy L. Beck

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 A comparative approach to understanding the centrality of sound to Hindu religious practicesThe Hindu world is permeated by sound: drums, bells, gongs, cymbals, conches, flutes, and an array of vocalizations play a central role in worship. Guy L. Beck contends that the traditional Western focus on Hinduism's visual component has often been at the expense of the religion's most important featureits emphasis on sound. In Sonic Theology Beck addresses this longstanding imbalance, contending that Hinduism is essentially a sonic theology.Beck argues that sound participates at every level of the Hindu cosmos. Comparing the centrality of sound in Hindu theology to its place in other religions, Beck raises issues about sound and language that not only reshape our understanding of Hindu worship but also invite a fresh approach to comparative theology.
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Voices From The Pagan Census - A National Survey Of Witches And Neo-Pagans In The United States

by Evan A. Leach, Helen A. Berger e Leigh S. Shaffer

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 Provides insight into the expanding but largely unstudied religious movement of Neo-Paganism in the United States. The authors present the findings of "The Pagan Census", which was created and distributed by Berger and Andras Corban Arthen of the Earthspirit Community.
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Community Of Witches - Contemporary Neo-Paganism And Witchcraft In The United States

by Helen A. Berger

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 Explores the beliefs and practices of Neo-Paganism and Witchcraftâ€"generally known to scholars and practitioners as Wicca. While the words â€œmagicâ€, â€œwitchcraftâ€ and â€œpaganismâ€ evoke images of the distant past and remote cultures, this book shows that Wicca has emerged as part of a new religious movement that reflects the era in which it developed.
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Memory, Music, And Religion - Morocco''S Mystical Chanters

by Earle H. Waugh

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 In this book, a study of the interplay between memory, music, and religion, Earle Waugh opens new areas of thought, particularly regarding a theme that cuts across religious traditions: the role of memory in religious formation. Through rituals of dhikr, or remembrance, the old forms of music and word blend into a new form of worship for today.
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Muslim Medical Ethics - From Theory To Practice

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 Explores balancing of Islamic heritage with contemporary medical and health concerns. This book produces an interdisciplinary view of medical ethics in Muslim societies and of the impact of caring for Muslim patients in non-Muslim societies.
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Islamic Ethics Of Life - Abortion, War, And Euthanasia

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 A consideration of three of the most contentious ethical issues of our time - abortion, war and euthanasia - from the Muslim perspective. The volume both integrates Muslim thinking into the field of applied ethics and introduces readers to an aspect of the religion long overlooked in the West.
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Mysticism In Iran - The Safavid Roots Of A Modern Concept

by Ata Anzali

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 An original study of the transformation of Safavid Persia from a majority Sunni country to a Twelver Shi'i realm
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Copts In Context - Negotiating Identity, Tradition, And Modernity

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 In the wake of the Arab Spring, the Coptic community was caught up in regional violence, and its predicament became a cause for concern around the world. Copts in Context examines the situation of the Copts as a minority faith in a volatile region and as a community confronting modernity while steeped in tradition.
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Speaking Qur'An - An American Scripture

by Timur R. Yuskaev

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 An exploration of how Muslims in the U.S. have interpreted the Qur'an in ways that make it speak to their American realities
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Shurat Legends, Ibadi Identities - Martyrdom, Asceticism, And The Making Of An Early Islamic Community

by Adam R. Gaiser

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 An analysis of a variety of early Islamic texts to understand the creation and identity of early martyres and ascetics
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Mount Fuji - Icon Of Japan

by H. Byron Earhart

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 Illustrated with colour and black-and-white images of the mountain and its associated religious practices, H. Byron Earhart's study utilizes his decades of fieldworkâ€"including climbing Fuji with three pilgrimage groupsâ€"and his research into Japanese and Western sources to offer a comprehensive overview of the evolving imagery of Mount Fuji from ancient times to the present day.
Sufism, Mystics, And Saints In Modern Egypt

by Valerie J. Hoffman

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 For centuries Sufism - Islamic mysticism - held a major place in Islamic spirituality, intellectual life, and popular religion. This title presents an insider's account of Sufi life in contemporary Egypt.
Sonic Theology - Hinduism And Sacred Sound

by Guy L. Beck

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 The Hindu world is permeated by sound: drums, bells, gongs, cymbals, conches, flutes, and an array of vocalizations play a central role in worship. This title contends that the traditional Western focus on Hinduism's visual component has often been at the expense of the religion's most important feature - its emphasis on sound.
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Fundamentalism - Perspectives On A Contested History

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 Essays considering how global fundamentalism influences our understanding of modern Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
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Hindu Ritual At The Margins - Innovations, Transformations, Reconsiderations

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 Based on presentations at a conference called "Ritualizing in, on, and across the Boundaries of the Indian Subcontinent" in honor of Fred W. Clothey on the occasion of his retirement and held at the University of Pittsburgh in March 2006.
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Partners Of Zaynab - A Gendered Perspective Of Shia Muslim Faith

by Diane D'Souza

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 How do pious Shia Muslim women nurture and sustain their religious lives? How do their experiences and beliefs differ from or overlap with those of men? What do gender-based religious roles and interactions reveal about the Shia Muslim faith? In Partners of Zaynab, Diane D''Souza presents a rich ethnography of urban Shia women in India, exploring women''s devotional lives through the lens of religious narrative, sacred space, ritual performance, leadership, and iconic symbols.Religious scholars have tended to devalue women''s religious expressions, confining them to the periphery of a male-centered ritual world. This viewpoint often assumes that women''s ritual behaviors are the unsophisticated product of limited education and experience and even a less developed female nature. By illuminating vibrant female narratives within Shia religious teachings, the fascinating history of a shrine led by women, the contemporary lives of dynamic female preachers, and women''s popular prayers and rituals of petition, Partners of Zaynab demonstrates that the religious lives of women are not a flawed approximation of male-defined norms and behaviors, but a vigorous, authentic affirmation of faith within the religious mainstream.D''Souza questions the distinction between normative and popular religious behavior, arguing that such a categorization not only isolates and devalues female ritual expressions, but also weakens our understanding of religion as a whole. Partners of Zaynab offers a compelling glimpse of Muslim faith and practice and a more complete understanding of the interplay of gender within Shia Islam.
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Women Mystics And Sufi Shrines In India

by Kelly Pemberton

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 Combines historical data with years of ethnographic fieldwork to investigate women's participation in the culture of Sufi shrines in India and the manner in which this participation both complicates and sustains traditional conceptions of Islamic womanhoo
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Rethinking Islamic Studies - From Orientalism To Cosmopolitanism

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 Presents a study of Islam, and offers approaches to the theoretical and methodological frameworks that have traditionally dominated the field. This title examines the underlying notions of modernity in the East and West. It addresses the volatile character of Islamic religious identity as expressed in religious and political movements.
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Knowledge Before Action - Islamic Learning And Sufi Practice In The Life Of Sayyid Jalal Al-Din Bukhari Makhdum-I Jahaniyan

by Amina M. Steinfels

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 In Knowledge before Action, Amina M. Steinfels examines medieval Sufism and its place in Islamic society by telling the story of the life and career of Sayyid Jalal al-din Bukhari, a revered figure in Pakistan. Considered one of the most important Sufi masters of South Asia, Sayyid Jalal al-din Bukhari, more popularly referred to as Makhdum-i Jahaniyan, is known for combining spirituality and scholarship in a formative period for Sufism. Steinfels assembles the details of Bukhari''s life from records of his teachings, dynastic chronicles, and correspondence to discover how he achieved his status and laid the groundwork for a devotional cult that has lasted seven centuries. Steinfels also examines Bukhari''s theories of the relationship between scholar and mystic. Bukhari''s teachings provide windows into the underlying concerns and themes of medieval Sufism.Knowledge before Action describes Bukhari''s training as a scholar and a Sufi, his exercise of religious authority over his disciples, and his theories of the relationships between saint and shaykh. Knowledge before Action discusses ritual and contemplative practices, the economic bases of Sufi institutions, and the interconnectedness between Sufi masters, the ''ulama, and the political authorities by telling the story of Bukhari.
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Sonic Liturgy - Ritual And Music In Hindu Tradition

by Guy L. Beck

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 This builds on the foundation of Guy L. Beck's earlier work, Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound, which described the theoretical role of sound in Hindu thought. Sonic Liturgy continues the discussion of sound into the realm of Hindu ritual and musical traditions of worship.
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Ritualizing On The Boundaries - Continuity And Innovation In The Tamil Diaspora

by Frederick W. Clothey

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 A comparative study of four Tamil resettlements, this work examines the rituals that have traveled with these South Indian communities - Hindu, Muslim, and Christian - and how these practices perpetuate or modify the heritages these groups claim for themselves in their new environs.
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Recite In The Name Of The Red Rose - Poetic Sacred Making In Twentieth-Century Iran

by Fatemeh Keshavarz

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 Introduces Western readers to constructions of the sacred in twentieth-century Iranian poetry. Sifting through the lives and writings of modern and classical poets, the author provides a systematic examination of the array of religious impulses in Persian verse. She views poetry as the site of the emergence of the self and the sacred.
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