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Friends of God [[electronic resource] ] : Islamic images of piety, commitment, and servanthood / / John Renard



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Autore: Renard John <1944-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Friends of God [[electronic resource] ] : Islamic images of piety, commitment, and servanthood / / John Renard Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina: 297.6/1
Soggetto topico: Islamic hagiography - History and criticism
Islamic legends - History and criticism
Soggetto non controllato: asceticism
authority
controversy
conversion
cultural contexts
faith
gods friends
hadith
human condition
humanity
intentional community
islam
islamic civilization
islamic hagiography
islamic studies
martyrs
muslim sainthood
muslim saints
muslims
piety
prophets
quran
religion
religious figures
religious institutions
religious literature
religious narratives
religious studies
revered sites
ritual settings
road to sanctity
saints
seers
service to god
social contexts
theology
world religions
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-324) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. Stages in the Lives of God's Friends -- PART II. Friends of God in Context -- PART III. Friends in Theory -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Prophets, 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Friends of God  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-94095-4
1-281-38563-8
9786611385637
1-4356-5362-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826371203321
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