Sufis & saints' bodies : mysticism, corporeality, & sacred power in Islam / Scott Kugle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kugle, Scott, 1969-

Series:

Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.

Islamic civilization & Muslim networks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Religious aspects--Islam.

Human body.

Human body (Philosophy).

Sufism--Doctrines.

Sufism.

Mysticism--Islam.

Mysticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Sufis and saints' bodies

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body. Scott Kugle refutes this assertion in the first full study of Islamic mysticism as it relates to the human body. Examining Sufi conceptions of the body in religious writings from the late fifteenth through the nineteenth century, Kugle demonstrates that literature from this era often treated saints' physical bodies as sites of sacred power.<BR><BR><i>Sufis and Saints' Bodies</i> focuses on six important saints from Sufi communities in North Africa and South Asia. Kugle singles out a specific part of the

Contents:

Introduction

Body enshrined: the bones of Mawlay Idrīs

Body politicized: the belly of sayyida Āmina

Body refined: the eyes of Muḥammad Ghawth

Body enraptured: the lips of Shāh Ḥussayn

Body revived: the heart of Ḥājji Imdādullah

Conclusion: corporeality and sacred power in Islam.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908812-2-9

979-88-9313-251-9

1-4696-0268-7

0-8078-7277-6

OCLC:

772844965