Islamic images and ideas : essays on sacred symbolism
These 24 studies on specific symbols, images and icons from the Muslim tradition are authored by scholars from around the world. Divided into four sections, the Divine, the Spiritual, the Physical, and the Societal, the work examines theological issues, such as divine unity, creation, wrath, and justice; spiritual subjects, such as the straight path, servitude, perfection, the jinn, intoxication, and the status of Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. Essays also explore the symbolism of physical elements such as water, trees, seas, ships, food, the male sexual organ, eyebrows, and ca
eBook, English, 2014
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2014
1 online resource
9781476612881, 1476612889
1100860125
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""Cover""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction by John Andrew Morrow""; ""Part I. The Divine""; ""Divine Unity by John Andrew Morrow""; ""Creation by Anna Maria Martelli""; ""Wrath by Amar Sellam""; ""Justice by Hisham M. Ramadan""; ""Part II. The Spiritual""; ""The Path by John Andrew Morrow""; ""Servitude by Mustapha Naoui Kheir""; ""Perfection by John Andrew Morrow""; ""The Jinn by Anna Maria Martelli""; ""Intoxication by Matthew Long""; ""Fatimah by Bridget Blomfi eld""; ""Part III. The Physical""; ""Water by Cyrus Ali Zargar""; ""The Tree by Said Mentak"" ""The Sea by Naglaa Saad M. Hassan""""The Ship by Said Mentak""; ""Food by Naglaa Saad M. Hassan""; ""The Phallus by Mahdi Tourage""; ""Eyebrows by Aida Shahlar Gasimova""; ""The Camel by Mohamed Elkouche""; ""Part IV. The Societal""; ""Center by Hamza Zeghlache""; ""Ijtihad by Sayyed Hassan Vahdati Shobeiri""; ""Governance by Zahur Ahmed Choudhri and Zahid Shahab Ahmed""; ""Otherness by Mohamed Elkouche""; ""Ashura by Muhammad-Reza Fakhr-Rohani""; ""Arabic by John Andrew Morrow""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""