Islamic Piety in Medieval Syria: Mosques, Cemeteries and Sermons Under the Zangids and Ayyūbids (1146-1260) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004158092)

A study of religious thought and practice across a broad social spectrum, but within a well-defined historical context, this book is an interdisciplinary endeavor that incorporates the tools of philology, social-history and historical-anthropology. Focusing on the mosques, public assemblies, cemeteries and shrines of Syrian Muslims in the period of the crusades and the anti-Frankish jihad, the book describes and deciphers religious rites and experiences, liturgical calendars, spiritual leadership, and perceptions of impiety and dissent. Working from a perspective that breaks down the dichotomization of religion into 'official' and 'popular, ' it exposes the negotiation, construction and dissemination of hybrid forms of religious life. The result is an intimate and complex presentation of the texture of medieval Islamic piety.

Author: Daniella J. Talmon-Heller
ISBN-10: 900415809X
ISBN-13: 9789004158092
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2007
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.50w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 46