Re-centering the Sufi shrine : a metaphysics of presence / Irfan Moeen Khan.
"Re-centering the Sufi Shrine is a study of ritual, Sufi eschatology, and vernacular theopoetics of pilgrimage to Sufi shrines in the Indus region of Pakistan. It is the first work examining the legal theology of ritual intervention in using scripture to regulate the resurrected bodies of saints, on...
| Uniform Title: | Islamkundliche Untersuchungen ;
Bd. 348. |
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2023]
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| Series: | Islamkundliche Untersuchungen ;
Bd. 348. |
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| Dissertation Note: |
Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University. |
| Physical Description: | x, 242 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm. |
| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Summary: |
"Re-centering the Sufi Shrine is a study of ritual, Sufi eschatology, and vernacular theopoetics of pilgrimage to Sufi shrines in the Indus region of Pakistan. It is the first work examining the legal theology of ritual intervention in using scripture to regulate the resurrected bodies of saints, on the one hand, and the ritual metaphysics of presence in understanding the significance and meaning of Sufi shrines, on the other."--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Call Number: | BP187.55.P18 K43 2023 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110781021 3110781026 |