Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
The Qibla as Ritual, Metaphor, and Identity Marker
Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy
ISBN: 978-1-032-13508-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book examines the discursive and ritual processes through which qibla-rhetoric and qibla-practice fostered a sense of group belonging and marked boundaries between Islam and other religious communities (mainly Christians and Jews). Through four interlocking projects—spanning Islam’s emergence in Late Antiquity through the Early Middle Ages—this study explicates the subtle ways in which the qibla served as a potent and durable symbol in the construction of Islamic collective identity.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
Abbreviations
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………1
Ritual Performance……………………………………………………………….5
Sacred Geography……………………………………………………….………12
Interrreligious Encounter…………………………………………………….…17
Chapter Outline………………………………………………………….………25
A Disclaimer……………………………………………………………….……29
Chapter 1. “Each One has a Direction to which They Turn”
Sacred Orientation in the Qur'an and Religions of Late Antiquity……………….32
Late Antique Background: Lenses……………………………………………….39
Rabbinic Judaism……………………………………………………………….41
Early Christianity…………………………………………………………….…52
Other Religious Cultures of Late Antiquity………………………………….,…61
Islam and the Qur'an………………………………………………………….…65
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….…78
Chapter 2. Becoming the ‘People of the Qibla:’
The History of an Unusual Phrase and “Big Tent” Islam……………………82
Sinners Among the ‘ahl al-qibla:’ The Mechanics of the Term
as used in Tafsir………………………………………………………….87
Sunni Creeds…………………………………………………………………….95
Some Shi'i Writings ……………………………………………………………105
Implications of Inclusion Among the ‘ahl al-qibla’……………………………114
The Origins of the ‘People of the Qibla’………………………………….……117
‘Ahl al-qibla’ in Heresiographical Descriptions of
Kharijites and Murji'ites…………………………………….…121
‘Ahl al-qibla’ in Ummayad-Era Revolts
as Portrayed in Historiographic Literature………………….…127
‘Ahl al-qibla’ in the Teachings of Umayyad-Era Traditionists……….131
Late First-/ Early Eighth-Century
Theological Texts Using ‘Ahl al-qibla’…………………….…134
Conclusion………………………………………………………………….…146
Chapter 3. Does God’s Mind Change? The qibla in Tenth-Century Interreligious Polemics………………………….……………………………………………….…149
Did the Jews Change their qibla? …………………………………………….150
The qibla as a Symbol of Naskh in Early Islamic Literature……………….…157
The qibla as a Symbol in Medieval Islamicate Christian Literature……….…174
Revisiting Three Jewish Authors on the qibla………………………………….193
Chapter 4. A New Direction in Qibla Studies: Reconsidering Alignment and “Misalignment” of early Mosques in light of Identity………………………………208
Identity……………………………………………………………………….…211
Identity as Imagined……………………………………………….……213
Identity as a Process……………………………………………….……216
Identity as Inexhaustible………………………………………….……220
Sacred Geography and Identity in Early Islam…………………………………225
Early Mosque Orientations
The Hermeneutics of Architecture and Identity…………….…………229
The Inexhaustible qibla: A Kind of Conclusion………………………….……252
Bibliography……………………………………………………………….…………256
INDEX
