Sufi Masters and the Creation of Saintly Spheres in Medieval Syria
- Autor:innen:
- Reihe:
- Medieval Islamicate World
- Verlag:
- 2021
Zusammenfassung
This book explores the creation of saintly spheres surrounding Sufi masters who functioned as embodiments of Islamic sainthood and imprinted their tangible mark on the land. Situated in the Syrian milieu of the counter-crusader period that was marked by intense religious excitement and re-sanctification of the landscape, the study centres on the role of Sufi saints as revivers of the prophetic legacy and as patrons of fellow believers, and their association with the glorious history of ancient Syrian cities and the expanding sacred landscape. Based upon a variety of literary sources, including hitherto unexplored saintly vitas, the investigation aims to contribute to an understanding of the process through which the religious and charismatic leadership of the venerated shaykhs was sustained and diffused, and their holiness emplaced and commemorated.
This book is available as Open Access.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Auflage
- 1/2021
- Copyrightjahr
- 2021
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-64189-208-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-64189-209-4
- Verlag
- Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
- Reihe
- Medieval Islamicate World
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Seiten
- 170
- Produkttyp
- Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Table of contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Transliteration, Names, and Dates
- IntroductionSeiten 1 - 16 Download Kapitel (PDF)
- Chapter 1. Putting Down Roots
- Piety, Asceticism, and Marvels on the Road to Sanctity
- Connection to the Prophet: Spiritual Chains, Dreams, and Visions
- Venerated Masters of the Path
- Sainty Authority Sustained: The Master-Disciple Tie
- Arbiters of Normative Praxis and Disseminators of True Religion
- The Story of the Christian from the Village of al-Ras (in the Beqaa Valley)
- Patron Saints and Communal Leaders
- A View from Damascus
- A View from Aleppo
- The Lodge as a Space of Spiritual and Social Domination
- The Emergence of the Lodge as a Local Space
- The Burial Place
- Sacralization and Perpetuation
- Conclusion
- BibliographySeiten 141 - 146 Download Kapitel (PDF)
- IndexSeiten 147 - 156 Download Kapitel (PDF)
