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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Margaret Cormack (Professor of Religious Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, College of Charleston)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 16.00cm Weight: 0.485kg ISBN: 9780199925049ISBN 10: 0199925046 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 10 January 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Contributors Frontispiece Introduction - Peter Gottschalk Chapter 1, Baraka Besieged - David Damrel Chapter 2, Boundaries and Baraka - Lance D. Laird Chapter 3, Christmas in Cambérène, or how Muhammad Begets Jesus in Senegal - Eric Ross Chapter 4, Environmental Disasters and Political Dominance in Shared Festivals and Intercessions among Medieval Muslims, Christians and Jews - Alexandra Cuffel Chapter 5, Khidr and the Politics of Place - Ethel Sara Wolper Chapter 6, Foundational Legends, Shrines, and Isma'ili Identity in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan - Jo-Ann Gross Chapter 7, Monks and their Daughters - Thomas Sizgorich IndexReviews<br> Not since Barbara D. Metcalf's Making Muslim Space in North America and Europe has such a bold, broad-gauged set of essays addressed the issue about what is Muslim in space occupied by Muslims and devoted to Islamic pursuits. The authors of this attractive volume range across Africa and Asia as well as the Middle East, providing insight and evoking questions that will be of interest to all engaged by the issue of sacrality from both cross-cultural and interreligious perspectives. --Bruce Lawrence, Nancy & Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor Emeritus and Professor of Islamic Studies, Duke University<p><br> Not since Barbara D. Metcalf's Making Muslim Space in North America and Europe has such a bold, broad-gauged set of essays addressed the issue about what is Muslim in space occupied by Muslims and devoted to Islamic pursuits. The authors of this attractive volume range across Africa and Asia as well as the Middle East, providing insight and evoking questions that will be of interest to all engaged by the issue of sacrality from both cross-cultural and interreligious perspectives. Bruce Lawrence, Nancy & Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor Emeritus and Professor of Islamic Studies, Duke University Author InformationMargaret Cormack is Professor of Religious Studies at the College of Charleston. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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