Heavenly Journeys Earthly Concerns

Author : Brooke Olson Vuckovic
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135885230
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heavenly Journeys, Earthly Concerns written by Brooke Olson Vuckovic and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims' perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven (the mi'raj).

Author : Brooke Olson Vuckovic
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heavenly Journeys, Earthly Concerns written by Brooke Olson Vuckovic and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims' perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven (the mi'raj).

Author : Brooke Olson Vuckovic
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415967853
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heavenly Journeys, Earthly Concerns written by Brooke Olson Vuckovic and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims' perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven (the mi'raj).

Author : Brooke Olson Vuckovic
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135885249
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heavenly Journeys, Earthly Concerns written by Brooke Olson Vuckovic and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims' perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven (the mi'raj).

Author : Christiane J. Gruber
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253353610
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prophet's Ascension written by Christiane J. Gruber and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tales of the mi'raj describe the prophet Muhammad's journey through the heavens, his encounters with prophets and angels, and his visit to heaven and hell. The tales are among Islam's most popular, appearing in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish literature, and in later adaptations throughout the Muslim world. Often serving as narratives designed to promote the worldview of particular Muslim groups, the tales were also a means for communities to construct rules of normative behavior and ritual practices, and were used to assert the superiority of Islam over other religions. The essays in this collection discuss the formation of this narrative, the mi'raj as a missionary text, its various adaptations, its application to esoteric thought, and its use in performance and ritual. -- Book jacket.

Author : Frederick S. Colby
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791477886
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Narrating Muḥammad's Night Journey written by Frederick S. Colby and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad’s night journey to the divine realm and back again.

Author : Jerald F. Dirks
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 20:1 written by Jerald F. Dirks and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), established in 1984, is a quarterly, double blind peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal, published by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), and distributed worldwide. The journal showcases a wide variety of scholarly research on all facets of Islam and the Muslim world including subjects such as anthropology, history, philosophy and metaphysics, politics, psychology, religious law, and traditional Islam.

Author : Algis Uždavinys
Publisher : The Matheson Trust
ISBN 13 : 1908092025
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ascent to Heaven in Islamic and Jewish Mysticism written by Algis Uždavinys and published by The Matheson Trust. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work of comparative religion, Algis Uzdavinys takes us deeply into the "closed and blessed gardens of myth", showing us the capital importance of the many varieties of "ascent to heaven". From the Pyramid Texts down to Second Temple Judaism and apocalyptic Christian literature; and, in parallel, down the theurgic path of Platonic and Hermetic literature to the sanctum of the Islamic revelation in Mecca, we are vividly presented with the sacramental impact of anagoge: elevation to the domain of the supernal archetypes and heavenly principles. As with other books by the author, the face of antiquity is revealed anew, full of intriguing, challenging and enraptured insights.

Author : Christian Lange
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004301364
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions written by Christian Lange and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam is often seen as a religious tradition in which hell does not play a particularly prominent role. This volume challenges this hackneyed view. Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions is the first book-length analytic study of the Muslim hell. It maps out a broad spectrum of Islamic attitudes toward hell, from the Quranic vision(s) of hell to the pious cultivation of the fear of the afterlife, theological speculations, metaphorical and psychological understandings, and the modern transformations of hell. Contributors: Frederick Colby, Daniel de Smet, Christiane Gruber, Jon Hoover, Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Christian Lange, Christopher Melchert, Simon O’Meara, Samuela Pagani, Tommaso Tesei, Roberto Tottoli, Wim Raven, and Richard van Leeuwen.

Author : Coeli Fitzpatrick Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610691784
Total Pages : 857 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture [2 volumes] written by Coeli Fitzpatrick Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth examination of the life, history, and influence of Muhammad as discussed by leading scholars provides a wide-ranging look at the prophet's legacy unlike any other in the field of Islamic and culture studies. Within the Islamic world, the prophet Muhammad's influence is profound. But even outside of the religion of Islam, this visionary had a wide-ranging impact on history, society, literature, art, philosophy, and theology. Within this work's more than 200 A–Z entries, internationally recognized scholars summarize views of Muhammad from the earliest editors of the Qu'ran to contemporary Muslim theologians. This detailed resource explores the traditions, ceremonies, and beliefs of Islam as they have spread worldwide, and examines Muhammad's role in other religious traditions as well as the secular world. Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God distills 14 centuries of thinking about Muhammad, fully capturing his enduring legacy. This encyclopedia will benefit any reader seeking a greater understanding of the founder of Islam, the fastest-growing religion in the world. No other publication discusses Muhammad at such a high level of detail while remaining easily accessible to non-specialist, Western audiences.