The Development of Islamic Ritual (The Formation of the Classical Islamic World, 26, Band 26) - Hardcover

Buch 12 von 24: The Formation of the Classical Islamic World

Hawting, Gerald

 
9780860787129: The Development of Islamic Ritual (The Formation of the Classical Islamic World, 26, Band 26)

Inhaltsangabe

This volume is concerned with the origins, development and character of ritual in Islam. The focus is upon the rituals associated with the five 'pillars of Islam': the credal formula, prayer, alms, fasting and pilgrimage. Since the 19th century academic scholarship has sought to investigate Muslim rituals from the point of view of history, the study of religion, and the social sciences, and a set of the most important and influential contributions to this debate, some of them translated into English for the first time, is brought together here. Participation in the ritual life of Islam is for most Muslims the predominant expression of their adherence to the faith and of their religious identity. The Development of Islamic Ritual shows some of the ways in which this important aspect of Islam developed to maturity in the first centuries of Islamic history.

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Gerald Hawting is Professor of the History of the Near and Middle East at SOAS, London, UK.

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