Muhammad's body : baraka networks and the prophetic assemblage / Michael Muhammad Knight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knight, Michael Muhammad, author.

Series:

Islamic civilization & Muslim networks

Islamic civilization and Muslim networks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.

Muḥammad.

Barakah.

Hadith.

Human body--Social aspects--Islamic countries.

Human body.

Human body--Religious aspects--Islam.

Human body--Social aspects.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

xi, 196 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Knight approaches hadith and sira as important religio-cultural and literary phenomena in their own right. In rich detail, he lays out the immense variety of questions and depictions early followers produced regarding Muhammad's sacred power (baraka)-its boundaries, effects, and limits. Drawing on insights from contemporary theory about the body, he shows how changing representations of the Prophet's body helped to legitimatize certain types of people or individuals as religious authorities, while marginalizing or delegitimizing others. For some Sunni Muslims, Knight concludes, claims of religious authority today continue to be connected to ideas about Muhammad's body"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Reading the Prophetic Body: Genealogy, Physiognomy, and Witness

2. Muhammad's Heart: The Modified Body

3. Bottling Muhammad: Corporeal Traces

4. The Sex of Revelation: Prophethood and Gendered Bodies

5. Secreting Baraka: Muhammad's Body After Muhammad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469658902

1469658909

9781469658919

1469658917

OCLC:

1141934923