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On Archaeology of Sainthood and Local Spirituality in Islam
Georg . Ed(S): Stauth
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Editor(s): Stauth, Georg. Series: Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Saints, their places, the rituals of their veneration - the heroes and martyrs they represent or to whom they are often connected with - and the beliefs in their powers have often been described as being counter-thematic to the constructive issues of modern society in our times. However, in the Middle East - and certainly this is true for many other world regions and other world religions - local saints, Jewish, Christian and Islamic, have gained a very ambiguous status in religious movements, political struggles and events of social re-construction. In the case of Islam, perhaps more openly, modernists and ... Read more
Saints, their places, the rituals of their veneration - the heroes and martyrs they represent or to whom they are often connected with - and the beliefs in their powers have often been described as being counter-thematic to the constructive issues of modern society in our times. However, in the Middle East - and certainly this is true for many other world regions and other world religions - local saints, Jewish, Christian and Islamic, have gained a very ambiguous status in religious movements, political struggles and events of social re-construction. In the case of Islam, perhaps more openly, modernists and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam
Number of Pages
228
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783899421415
SKU
V9783899421415
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About Georg . Ed(S): Stauth
Georg Stauth teaches Sociology of Islam and Islamic countries in the Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld. Armando Salvatore is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Berlin. He received his PhD in Social and Political Studies at the European University Institute, Florence.
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