Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 461 g
Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society
Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 461 g
ISBN: 978-0-231-13743-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press
In each chapter Halevi explores a different layer of human interaction, following the movement of the corpse from the deathbed to the grave. In the process he analyzes the real and imaginary relationships between husbands and wives, prayer leaders and mourners, and even dreamers and the dead. He describes how Muslims wailed for the deceased, prepared corpses for burial, marched in funerary processions, and prayed for the dead, highlighting the specific economic and political factors involved in these rituals as well as key religious and sexual divisions.
Offering a unique perspective on the making of Islamic social and religious ideals during this early period, Halevi forges a fascinating link between the development of funerary rites and the efforts of an emerging religion to carve out its own, distinct identity. Muhammad's Grave is a groundbreaking history of the rise of Islam and the roots of contemporary Muslim attitudes toward the body and society.
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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsMapIntroduction. Funerary Traditions and the Making of Islamic Society1. Tombstones: Markers of Social and Religious Change, 650;8002. Washing the Corpse in Arabia and Mesopotamia3. Shrouds: Worldly Possessions in an Economy of Salvation4. Wailing for the Dead in the House of Islam5. Urban Processions and Communal Prayers: Opportunities for Social, Economic, and Religious Distinction6. The Politics of Burial and Tomb Construction7. The Torture of Spirit and Corpse in the GraveEpilogue. Death Rites and the Process of Islamic SocializationList of AbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex
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