Sufi Bodies: Religion and Society in Medieval Islam
Awards:   Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2012 Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2017 Winner of Outstanding Academic Title 2017
Author:   Shahzad Bashir
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
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9780231144919


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   24 September 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Sufi Bodies: Religion and Society in Medieval Islam


Awards

  • Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2012
  • Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2017
  • Winner of Outstanding Academic Title 2017

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Author:   Shahzad Bashir
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9780231144919


ISBN 10:   0231144911
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   24 September 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Abbreviations Chronology Introduction and Shaking Hands 1 Framing Sufi Ideas and Practices 1. Bodies Inside Out 2. Befriending God Corporeally 3. Saintly Socialites 2 Sufi Bodies in Motion 4. Bonds of Love 5. Engendered Desires 6. Miraculous Food 7. Corpses in Morticians' Hands Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

An immensely rich resource for persons interested in medieval Islamic civilization. Choice February 2012


Author Information

Shahzad Bashir is the Lysbeth Warren Anderson Professor in Islamic Studies at Stanford University. He is the author of Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions: The Nurbakhshiya Between Medieval and Modern Islam and Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis.

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