Splashed by the Saint Ritual Reading and Islamic Sanctity in West Java
Sanctity is a concept recognized by Muslims throughout the Islamic world, and often motivates observances with highly localized characteristics. Julian Millie spent a year attending a supplication ritual in which Muslims of West Java directed their prayers to Allah through 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jael...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL
2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35593003*spi |
| Sumario: | Sanctity is a concept recognized by Muslims throughout the Islamic world, and often motivates observances with highly localized characteristics. Julian Millie spent a year attending a supplication ritual in which Muslims of West Java directed their prayers to Allah through 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaelani (d. 1166). This man, whose tomb even today is a popular pilgrimage site in Baghdad, is widely considered the most powerful intercessor of all the saints of Islam. The supplication takes the form of reading or singing the narrative proofs of 'Abd al-Qadir's saintliness in a ritual context. The ritual. |
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| Notas: | Bringing The Sinden Into Karamat-reading: Rustana In Performance. |
| Descripción Física: | 230 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9789004253810 9789067183383 |
