3.: Formulations of the Person and the Social Context / edited by Sigmund Koch

• Record Nr.: UNINA990004136680403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959
• Descrizione fisica: VII, 837 p. ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 150
• Locazione: FLFBC
• Collocazione: P.1 PS 235(3)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Study 1.: Conceptual and Systematic

Heavenly journeys, earthly concerns : the legacy of the Miʻraj in the formation of Islam / / Brooke Olson Vuckovic

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783858503321
• Autore: Vuckovic Brooke Olson
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-135-88523-0; 1-135-88524-9; 1-280-17513-3; 0-203-48747-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Collana: Religion in history, society & culture ; ; 5
• Disciplina: 297.6/33
• Soggetti: Islam - Origin; Ummah (Islam)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Constructing the Prophet of God: Confirmation and Initiation in the Mi'raj; Chapter Two The Mi'raj and the Early Muslims' Communal and Confessional Identity; Chapter Three Communal Reaction: Trials, Betrayal, and True Belief; Chapter Four The Formation of Communal Morality: The Moral Concerns of the Medieval Elite; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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).