Dreams, Sufism and Sainthood: The Visionary Career of Muhammad Al-Zawâwî

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-04-10599-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 71, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 548 g

Reihe: Numen Book

Based on Muhammad al-Zawâwî's extraordinary diary of 109 dream conversations with the Prophet Muhammad, this study provides a rare, intimate view of 15th-century North African Muslim life.
The study reconstructs Zawâwî's lifestory over a critical ten-year period and examines his career as a sufi in the historical context of North Africa and Mamluk Cairo. Psychological aspects of Zawâwî's religious experience are thoroughly explored.
The concluding chapter provides an introduction to the role of dreams and visions in medieval Islam. Particular attention is paid to the way Zawâwî and his successors used their visions to legitimate claims to being awliya', or living saints.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Katz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Spiritualität & Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamische Gruppen: Sufis
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Bewusstseinszustände Schlaf- und Traumbewusstsein
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan G. Katz, Ph.D. (1990) in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, is an Assistant Professor of History at Oregon State University. He has published many articles on dreams and visions in Islam.