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Islamic piety in medieval Syria : mosques, cemeteries and sermons under the Zangids and Ayyubids (1146-1260) / by Daniella Talmon-Heller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Talmon-Heller, Daniella.
- Series:
- Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 7.
- Jerusalem studies in religion and culture, 1570-078X ; v. 7
- Standardized Title:
- Dat ṿe-ḥevrah be-Suryah mi-Nur Aldin ṿe-ʻad la-kibush ha-Mongoli (1154-1260). English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nūr al-Dīn, Atabeg of Syria, 1118-1174.
- Nūr al-Dīn.
- Ayyubids.
- Islam--Customs and practices.
- Islam.
- Religious life--Islam.
- Religious life.
- Syria--History--750-1260.
- Syria.
- Syria--Religious life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of religious thought and practice across a broad social spectrum, but within a well-defined historical context, this book is an interdisciplinary endeavor that incorporates the tools of philology, social-history and historical-anthropology. Focusing on the mosques, public assemblies, cemeteries and shrines of Syrian Muslims in the period of the crusades and the anti-Frankish jihad, the book describes and deciphers religious rites and experiences, liturgical calendars, spiritual leadership, and perceptions of impiety and dissent. Working from a perspective that breaks down the dichotomization of religion into 'official' and 'popular,' it exposes the negotiation, construction and dissemination of hybrid forms of religious life. The result is an intimate and complex presentation of the texture of medieval Islamic piety.
- Contents:
- Mosques in society
- Society in mosques
- Preachers (khatibs) and prayer leaders (imams)
- The assembly of exhortation (majlis al-waz)
- The cemetery
- Shrines (mashhads and maqamat)
- Piety
- Impiety and religious dissent.
- Notes:
- Extensively revised and expanded edition of the author's Hebrew Ph. D. thesis entitled: Dat ve-hevrah be-Suryah mi-Nur Aldin ve-ad la-kibush ha-Mongoli (1154-1260).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-92654-X
- 9786611926540
- 90-474-2284-8
- OCLC:
- 646789712
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004158092.i-308 DOI
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