ISBN:
9781469651460
,
1469651467
,
9781469651453
,
1469651459
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 277 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, 1 Karte
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Islamic civilization and Muslim networks
DDC:
297.3/5
Keywords:
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages History 21st century
;
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Religion
;
Islam
;
Muslim
;
Wallfahrt
;
Haddsch
Abstract:
"Pilgrimage is one of the most significant ritual duties for Muslims, entailing the visitation and veneration of sites associated with the Prophet Muhammad or saintly figures. As demonstrated in this multidisciplinary volume, the lived religion of pilgrimage, defined by embodied devotional practices, is changing in an age characterized by commerce, technology, and new sociocultural and political frameworks. Traveling to and far beyond the Hajj, the most well-known Muslim pilgrimage, the volume's contributors reveal and analyze emerging contemporary Islamic pilgrimage practices around the world, in minority- and majority-Muslim countries as well as in urban and rural settings"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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