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Birth of The Prophet Muhammad

Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam

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Gebonden, 280 blz. | Engels
Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 2007
ISBN13: 9780415771276
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In the medieval period, the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (the mawlid) was celebrated in popular narratives and ceremonies that expressed the religious agendas and aspirations of ordinary Muslims, including women.

This book examines the Mawlid from its origins to the present day and provides a new insight into how an aspect of everyday Islamic piety has been transformed by modernity. The book gives a window into the religious lives of medieval Muslim women, rather than focusing on the limitations that were placed on them and shows how medieval popular Islam was coherent and meaningful, not just a set of deviations from scholarly norms.

Concise in both historical and textual analysis, this book is an important contribution to our understanding of contemporary Muslim devotional practices and will be of great interest to postgraduate students and researchers of Islam, religious studies and medieval studies.

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ISBN13:9780415771276
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:280
Druk:1

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