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008 120816s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012030009
020 $a9780521887885 (hardback)
020 $a9780521716291 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aBP178$b.K35 2013
082 00 $a297.3/822$223
100 1 $aKatz, Marion Holmes,$d1967-
245 10 $aPrayer in Islamic thought and practice /$cMarion Holmes Katz.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $aix, 243 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 0 $aThemes in Islamic history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index.
505 0 $aCanonical prayer (ṣalat) and supplication (duʻa'): development and rules -- Ṣalat: conditions and components -- Supplication: duʻa' -- Valid prayer and ideal prayer -- Intent (nīya) -- Reverence (khushu') and concentration (ḥuḍūr al-qalb) -- The cultivation of emotion -- Ethical transformation -- Interpretive models: what is ṣalat, and what does it do? -- The model of the royal audience -- Prayer as communication -- Ṣalat as an exercise in self-discipline -- Ṣalat as a reflection of the cosmos -- Modern developments -- The community at prayer: congregational prayer, prayer leadership (imama), and the boundaries of the religious community -- Friday prayers -- Leadership in prayer (imama) -- Prayer behind a leader of another legal school -- Knowledge of prayer and its distribution in the community -- Failure to pray -- Modern developments -- Women and prayer -- Women's prayer leadership (imama) and placement within the congregation -- Women's mosque access -- Knowledge and mastery of prayer.
650 0 $aPrayer$xIslam.
650 0 $aSalat.