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An edition of Muslims and others in sacred space (2013)

Muslims and others in sacred space

This collection of seven essays offers wide-ranging and in-depth studies of locations sacred to Muslims, of the histories of these sites (real or imagined), and of the ways in which Muslims and members of other religions have interacted peaceably in sacred times and spaces. The volume begins with a discussion by David Damrel of the official, hostile, Muslim attitude toward practices at shrines in South Asia. Lance Laird then presents a case study of a shrine holy to Palestinian Christians, who identify its patron as St. George, as well as to Palestinian Muslims, who believe that its patron is al Khadr. Ethel Sara Wolper illustrates how al Khadr's patronage was used also to show Muslim connections to Christian sites in Anatolia, and JoAnn Gross's essay explores oral and written traditions linking shrines in Tajikistan to traditional Muslim locations and figures. A chapter by the late Thomas Sizgorich examines how Christian and Muslim authors used monastic settings to reimagine the relationship between the two religions, and Alexandra Cuffel offers a study of attitudes towards the mixing of religious groups in religious festivals in eleventh- to sixteenth-century Egypt. Finally, Eric Ross shows how the Layenne Sufi order incorporates a singular combination of Christian and Muslim figures and festivals in its history and practices. Muslims and Others in Sacred Space will be an invaluable resource to anyone interested in the complex meanings of sacred sites in Muslim history.

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English
Pages
232

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Table of Contents

Introduction / Peter Gottschalk
Baraka Besieged: Islamism, neofundamentalism and shared sacred space in South Asia / David Damrel
Boundaries and baraka: Christians, Muslims, and a Palestinian saint / Lance D. Laird
Christmas in Cambérène, or how Muhammad begets Jesus in Senegal / Eric Ross
Environmental disasters and political cominance in shared festivals and intercessions among medieval Muslims, Christians and Jews / Alexandra Cuffel
Khidr and the politics of place: creating landscapes of continuity / Ethel Sara Wolper
Foundational legends, shrines, and Isma'ili identity in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan / Jo-Ann Gross
Monks and their daughters: monasteries as Muslim-Christian boundaries /
Thomas sizgorich.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Oxford, New York [N.Y.]
Series
Religion, culture, and history

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
297.3/5
Library of Congress
BP171 .M867 2013, BP171.M867 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
232

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25223927M
Internet Archive
muslimsothersins0000unse
ISBN 13
9780199925049, 9780199925063
LCCN
2012006849
OCLC/WorldCat
778636779

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