Birth of the Prophet Muhammad Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam

Name: Birth of the Prophet Muhammad Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam
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ISBN: 9780415551878

ISBN-10: 0415551870

ISBN-13: 9780415551878

Edition: 2007

Authors: Marion Holmes Katz

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In the medieval period, the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (the mawlid) was celebrated in popular narratives and ceremonies that expressed the religious agendas and aspirations of ordinary Muslims, including women. This book examines the Mawlid from its origins to the present day and provides a new insight into how an aspect of everyday Islamic piety has been transformed by modernity. The book gives a window into the religious lives of medieval Muslim women, rather than focusing on the limitations that were placed on them and shows how medieval popular Islam was coherent and meaningful, not just a set of deviations from scholarly norms. Concise in both historical and textual analysis, this…

Book details

Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/7/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English