ISBN:
0520200950
,
0520204174
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 333 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
DDC:
297.4
Keywords:
Islam
;
Religious life Islam
;
Religious life Islam
;
Islam Religious life
;
Islam
;
Religion
;
Religionsausübung
;
Religionsphilosophie
;
Islamische Länder/Islamische Welt Islam
;
Religion
;
Religiöse Praxis
;
Religionsphilosophie
;
Islamische Staaten
;
Islam
;
Religiöses Leben
;
Spiritualität
Abstract:
Reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world's one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, this book demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and visual arts in all their richness and diversity to communicate religious values. Each of the seven chapters opens a "door" that leads progressively closer to the very heart of Islam, from the foundational revelation in the Qur'an to the transcendent experience of the Sufi mystics. However, unlike most studies of Islam, which see spirituality as the concern of a minority of mystical seekers, this book demonstrates its central role in every aspect of the Islamic tradition.--From publisher description
Description / Table of Contents:
Foundations : prophetic revelation -- Devotion : ritual and personal prayer -- Inspiration : edification and ethics -- Aesthetics : from allegory to arabesque -- Community : society, institutions and patronage -- Pedagogy : fanning spark into flame -- Experience : testimony, paradigm and critique.
Note:
Literaturverz.: S. 273-297
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/95045130.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal051/95045130.html
