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200 10$aFriends of God$b[electronic resource] $eIslamic images of piety, commitment, and servanthood /$fJohn Renard
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2008
215   $a1 online resource (369 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-324) and index.
327   $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. Stages in the Lives of God's Friends --$tPART II. Friends of God in Context --$tPART III. Friends in Theory --$tNotes --$tIndex
330   $aProphets, saints, martyrs, sages, and seers-one of the richest repositories of lore about such exemplary religious figures belongs to the world's approximately 1.3 billion Muslims. Illuminating some of the most delightful tales in world religious literature, this engaging book is the first truly global overview of Islamic hagiography. John Renard tells of the characters beyond the Qur'an and Hadith, whose stories of piety and service to God and humanity have captured hearts and minds for nearly fourteen hundred years. Renard's thematic approach to the major characters, narratives, social and cultural contexts, and theoretical concepts of this remarkable treasury of tales, based on material ranging from the eighth to the twentieth centuries and from countries ranging from Morocco to Malaysia, provides insight into the ways in which these stories have functioned in the lives of Muslims from diverse cultural, social, economic, and political backgrounds. The book also serves as a useful and evocative tool for approaching the vast geographical and chronological sweep of Islamic civilization.
606   $aIslamic hagiography$xHistory and criticism
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